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    Technologies played an important role in our lives before and right now. The development of the science and technology promoted the progress of the society. The wide spread of using electricity boosted economy around the world; the invention of the telephone made people’s communication become easier; airplanes make people travel longer distances in shorter times. As same as other time period in the history, during the Cold War, the great inventors from different countries invented better weapons

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    Technologies of the Cold War Technologies played an important role in our lives before and right now. The development of the science and technology promoted the progress of the society. The wide spread of using electricity boosted economy around the world; the invention of the telephone made people’s communication become easier; airplanes make people travel longer distances in shorter times. As same as other time period in the history, during the Cold War, the great inventors from different countries

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    How A Submarine Works

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    Have you ever wondered how a submarine works? There are many parts to a submarine. Each part contributes to how the submarine works. The parts also do many different things. Submarines are basically a watercraft cable of independent operation under water.It is different from a submersible that has more limited underwater capability. Beginning in ancient times, humans sought to operate under water. From simple submersibles to nuclear-powered underwater behemoths, people have searched for

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    The official name for Russia is the Russian Federation. The current president of Russia is Vladimir Putin. Russian is the official language of Russia but there are many other languages used in other parts of the country. The capital and largest city in Russia is Moscow. Other major cities in Russia include Saint Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Novosibirsk. The currency used in Russia is the ruble. Russia has a democracy government. In 1992, Russia’s military service, was established after the dissolution

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    itself over the course of two weeks in October of 1962. The Cuban Missile Crisis, which is arguably the closest we have come to nuclear war in our history, was the result of five key entities and events. The five entities and events are the Manhattan Engineering District, Strategic Air Command, Mutually Assured Destruction, the missile gap, and the Bay of Pigs invasion. Without each of these individual components, the Cuban Missile Crisis would never have occurred or been the danger to the world

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    Nuclear Engines

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    predecessors and allows them not to be dependent on any finite resource. The physical capabilities of nuclear engines surpases any other compition. With the creation of the nuclear power came a dawn in the use of the second greatest naval innovation, the submarine. Culminating in one of the most powerful navies in world, that is ever growing and seeking new opportunities to creates something bigger and better. With the advent of nuclear navy, with the help of the ‘Father of Nuclear Engineering’ Admiral Hyman

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    and President John F. Kennedy confidant Robert F. Kennedy wrote “Thirteen Days” as an account of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a 13 day power struggle from October 15 to October 28 1962 between the US and the Soviet Union over ballistic missile deployment in Cuba by the Soviets. The peaceful removal of those missiles was both a challenge and a goal for the Kennedy administration. The Cuban Missile Crisis was arguably one of the most dangerous Cold War affairs whose escalation would have led to a global

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    can be prevented from creating more. A favorable reason the United States should be allowed to intervene is the country of North Korea. The North Koreans are not afraid of the U.S and their policies, indicated by North Korea's actions of nuclear missile tests. Republican candidate Donald Trump, has expressed his extreme dislike for nuclear weapons throughout multiple interviews. Trump said that the world's enemy is not global warm, but nuclear

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    Khrushchev during the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. John F. Kennedy happened to be the 35th and the youngest President to be elected in the history of the United States. After Kennedy took office in 1961, he authorized the “Bay of Pigs” invasion, which was led by the CIA and exiles from Cuba. Even with this, they were still unable to overthrow Fidel Castro. The failure and the tensions the Soviet Union had in 1961 about the Berlin Crisis, set the early events of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. Nikita

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    Military: The US Navy has all submarines and aircraft carriers moving by nuclear propulsion this lowers petroleum oil use (ships and aircrafts) by 15%. The US Military has several Nuclear Weapons Types: Warheads:The term warhead refers to the explosive and/or toxic material that is delivered by a missile, rocket, or torpedo;Bombs, Atomic Demolition Munition(ADM) ,Artillery Shell,ASW (anti-submarine warfare),ASW warhead,ASW warhead / Bomb, Torpedoes,Inter-continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), I know what you

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