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Nuclear Weapons
An analysis of the Intelligence Community's efforts against the Soviet Nuclear arsenal during the Cold War
The Cold War was one of the defining periods in U.S. history. Going to the moon was more about the culture and events that were occurring during the 1960s than anything else. When Kennedy announced in 1961 that the U.S. would put a man on the moon, it was more about the Cold War and showing up the Soviets than merely for scientific discovery. "So we decided to engage in this major scientific and technological endeavor and prove to the world that we were second to none," Roger Launius, the curator of the Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum stated (Lamb, 2012). However, the race to achieve a technological domination was not limited to space alone. Each country had developed nuclear technologies that were promoted because of the competition between the countries. This analysis will provide a brief introduction to the Intellegence Community's efforts to analyze the Soviet arsenal during the Cold War.
The Cold War
In an effort to keep pace with the technologies that the Soviets were developing the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was created. This low-profile intelligence agency -- the DoD's answer the CIA -- worked around the clock to discover emerging Soviet military menaces and report them to Washington; because of the Top Secret nature of these subjects, the agency employed a team...
During the period between 1965 and 1989, DIA's artists created more than 1000 paintings and drawings of Soviet threats -- now known as the DIA Military Art Collection.
Figure 1 - Soviet Ground-Based Laser (Tarantola, 2013)
Many of the technologies that the U.S. feared were never actually developed. However there were still very real threats that included nuclear technologies. On August 29th, 1949, the Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb, at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan and this testing ended America's monopoly of atomic bombs during the Cold War. In the 1950's, and the Arms Race became the focus of the Cold War; later America tested the first Hydrogen (or thermo-nuclear) bomb in 1952, beating the Russians in the creation of the "Super Bomb" (Atom Central, N.d.).
Cuban Missile Crisis
The United States and Cuba have exhibited elevated amounts of hostility toward each other since the days of the Cuban revolution. During the revolution, Cuba confiscated a significant amount of U.S. owned assets which caused quite a stir among American politicians and business leaders. Not only did Cuba nationalize property held by U.S. interests during the revolution, but Cuba also became an ally to Russia during the Cold War which could have…
Works Cited
Atom Central. (N.d.). The Cold War. Retrieved from Atom Central: http://www.atomcentral.com/the-cold-war.aspx
Lamb, R. (2012, October 6). Why Did We Go To the Moon? Retrieved from Discovery News: http://news.discovery.com/space/private-spaceflight/why-did-we-go-to-the-moon.htm
Tarantola, A. (2013, November 8). 10 Cold War Weapons That Terrified U.S. Military Intelligence. Retrieved from Gizmodo: http://gizmodo.com/10-cold-war-weapons-that-terrified-u-s-military-intell-1459669357
Valois, K. (1970). The Cuban Missile Crisis: A World in Peril. Auburndale: History Compass.
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