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Actual confrontation between the USA and the USSR was only a remote…

- - - - Very unsuccessful as the issue of U2 meant that Krushchev stormed out. Nothing was agreed. Though Krushchev was committed to peaceful coexistence, Kennedy was less-so
    - - Eisenhower presented the 'Open Skies' proposal as an attempt to end the security dilemma of superpowers inspecting each other's nuclear arsenals, and thereby taking a step closer to disarmament.
      - Eisenhower called for each side to provide details of military installations and to allow ariel reconnaissance, and even suggested that one or more of the crew on each plane should be a representative of the inspecting nation.
      - Krushchev rejected this proposal.
- - - - The Arms Race led to a massive increase in military spending, which put a significant strain on both economies
        
        In the US, increased military spending led to what Eisenhower described as a 'military industrial complex,' - the close relationship between the military hierarchy and the industrial sector that supported it.
        
        The Arms Race also exacerbated ideological differences between the two superpowers
        
        Overall, the arms race and consequently the space race led to a competition of technological advancement, which worsened ideological differences and led to heightened tensions. Though the concept of M.A.D decreased the chance of nuclear war, it was never established as an impossibility.
    - - In 1964: USA - 835 ICBMs
        
        In 1960: USSR - 75 ICBMs
        
        In 1964: USSR - 200 ICBMs
  - - - On 4 Oct 1957, the USSR claimed its first victory in the technological arms race when it launched the first satellite to orbit the Earth - Sputnik
        
        Sputnik concerned the US greatly, Sputnik II convinced the USA that the USSR had the technology to launch nuclear missiles against it, and that the possibility would rapidly become a reality
        
        As a response to Sputnik, in Sep 1958 the government authorised $1 billion for technological development in this field
        
        The USA experienced their final humiliation in response to Sputnik as on 6 December 1957, the US navy's vanguard rocket crashed in takeoff, earning the name 'flopnik,'
        
        Finally, in ultimate climax, the first Soviet cosmonaut was sent to space, making him an international hero. (Gargarin)
        
        In 1958, Eisenhower founded NASA