tensions; arms race

The U.S. and the Soviet union were competing in an arms race. An arms race is when the two countries try to make better weapons than the other. When we made the H-bomb the soviet union began working on a better and bigger version. On january 31 1950 truman authorized the H-bomb to be be built. On Novembr 1st 1953 the U.S. explodes their first H-bomb. Close behind were the soviets exploding their first h-bomb in August 1953. When people began to realize that warfare was advancing to higher levels rapidly, they began building fallout shelters and had Air raid drills. The race to make the baddest weapon still continues today.