1985 ⟶ Soviet Union Announces Nuclear Test Moratorium

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombings ...
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☢️ Truman Announces Hydrogen Bomb Development

President Truman announces the beginning of the development of a hydrogen bomb.⟶
Truman Announces Hydrogen Bomb Development (1950)
nuclear weaponshydrogen bombarms raceCold WarUSSoviet Unionnuclear proliferationdeterrenceTruman

🚀 Khrushchev Claims Missile Superiority

Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev claims that the Soviet Union has missile superiority over the United States and challenges America to a missile "shooting match" to prove his assertion.⟶
Soviet UnionNikita KhrushchevMissile RaceCold WarPropagandaArms RaceNuclearThreat

☢️ NATO's Double-Track Decision on Missiles

NATO Double-Track Decision – NATO offers mutual limitation of ballistic missiles combined with the threat that in case of disagreement NATO would deploy more middle-range nuclear weapons in Western Europe.⟶
NATO's Double-Track Decision on Missiles (1979)
NATONuclear WeaponsArms RaceCold WarMissile DeploymentDeterrenceEuropeSoviet Union

📜 Reagan Denounces Soviet Human Rights Abuses

President Ronald Reagan signs P.L. 97-157 denouncing the government of the Soviet Union that it should cease its abuses of the basic human rights of its citizens.⟶
Reagan Denounces Soviet Human Rights Abuses (1982)
ReaganHuman RightsSoviet UnionCold WarIdeologyPropagandaUS Foreign Policy

👿 Reagan Labels Soviet Union 'Evil Empire'

In speech to the National Association of Evangelicals, Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire".⟶
Reagan Labels Soviet Union 'Evil Empire' (1983)
ReaganSoviet UnionCold WarIdeologyPropagandaUS Foreign PolicyEvil EmpireRhetoric

☢️ Soviet Union Announces Nuclear Test Moratorium

Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soviet Union begins what it has announced is a 5-month unilateral moratorium on the testing of nuclear weapons. The Reagan administration dismisses the dramatic move as nothing more than propaganda and refuses to follow suit. Gorbachev declares several extensions, but the United States fails to reciprocate, and the moratorium comes to an end on February 5, 1987.⟶
Soviet Union Announces Nuclear Test Moratorium (1985)
Soviet UnionNuclear WeaponsArms RaceCold WarMoratoriumReagan AdministrationNuclear TestingPropaganda