Thomas F Farrell16 July 1945
Witnesses the test nuclear explosion & says, "the war is over"
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Witnesses the test nuclear explosion & says, "the war is over"
The biggest atomic bomb yet is exploded watched on television by 35 million
Truman announces that the US had developed the hydrogen bomb
The US carries out the first hydrogen bomb test in Bikini Atoll
According to Eisenhower the hydrogen bomb test exceeds all expectations
Eisenhower indicates willingness to resort to nuclear weapons in the event of war
A B-52 bomber carrying two 24 megaton bombs crashes, one of the bombs, five of six interlocking safety devices fail, and a single switch prevents detonation, the explosion would have been 1,800 times more powerful than Hiroshima
The Joint Strategic Target Planning Staff complete SIOP-62, plans for the launch of more than 3,000 nuclear weapons, including hundreds of hydrogen bombs, to attack in the first few hours of conflict 1,000 targets in Communist countries
The United States nuclear testing moratorium ends
The United States and the Soviet Union sign a "Joint Statement of Agreed Principles for Disarmament Negotiations," the McCloy-Zorin Accords
The United Nations General Assembly adopts the McCloy-Zorin Accords
B-52 & B-47 nuclear bombers placed on crisis footing & half are on a 15 minute alert. Announces doubled Minuteman production
The US performs nuclear tests at the Nevada test site
A U-2 spy photographs the secret site where Russian missiles will be located in Cuba
France refuses to join the Anglo-American nuclear pact. Agrees to sell Polaris to Britain
The Agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union on the Prevention of Nuclear War enters into force, the major policy objectives are "to remove the danger of nuclear war and the use of nuclear weapons"
A simulated missile attack accidentally fed into the American early warning system fools operators, during the six minutes it takes to discover that the attack is not authentic, fighters from bases in the United States and Canada take off
President Gerald Ford and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev sign the Vladivostok Accord, which establishes a framework for future Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT II) between the United States and the Soviet Union
The completed SALT II agreement is signed by President Carter & General Secretary Brezhnev. Negotiated for 7 years & finally signed by the US & Russia, but never ratified
The US does not ratify the Treaty after Russia Afghanistans in Dec 1979, Carter & Reagan agree to comply with the provisions if Russia reciprocates. The primary goal of SALT II is to replace the Interim Agreement with a long-term comprehensive Treaty providing broad limits on strategic offensive weapons systems. Senate fails to ratify SALT II
Ceases economic assistance to non-nuclear weapon countries that import uranium-enrichment technology
Carter requests the Senate majority leader to delay consideration of the Treaty on the Senate floor in view of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Carter announces the US will comply with the provisions of the Treaty as long as Russia reciprocates, Brezhnev make a similar statement
President Reagan states he will do nothing to undercut the SALT agreements as long as the Soviet Union shows equal restraint
Outlines his Strategic Defence Initiative to defend the US & allies
Reagan declares that the Soviet Union had violated its political commitment to observe the SALT II Treaty
Agrees to negotiate for nuclear disarmament with Moscow
The fourth meeting between Reagan & Gorbachev. INF Treaty ratification documents are exchanged between Russia & the USA
President Bush warns Iraq it would be making "an enormous mistake" if it failed to disclose its nuclear weapons program to United Nations inspectors
Bush & Gorbachev sign the Strategic Arms Reduction
Announces cuts in nuclear weapons
Bush an Yeltsin cap the first day of their Washington summit by announcing their countries had agreed to slash their long-range nuclear arsenals by two-thirds
Bush an Yeltsin sign an arms reduction agreement, Yeltsin pledges to find American prisoners of war still held in Russia
Washington officials say agents on arms inspection teams discovered secret weapons programs
The US imposes sanctions on three institutions accused of helping Iran and possibly other nations to develop nuclear weapons and missiles
A report by CIA accuses Iran of having one of the world's most active programmes to acquire nuclear weapons
Russian technicians begin construction of Irans first nuclear reactor at Bushehr despite strong objections from US
Orders the construction by 2004 of a limited missile defense shield
The US accuses Iran of seeking to develop a secret nuclear weapons programme and publishes satellite images of two nuclear sites under construction at Natanz and Arak
White House refuses to rule out the "military option" in dealing with Iran after IAEA says Iran "failed to report certain nuclear materials and activities"
Officials declare Pakistani scientists gave Libya technology to build nuclear weapons
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei should either toughen his stance on Iran or fail to be chosen for a third term as IAEA head
US National Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes
US National Security Strategy decries Iran, stating that "Iran has violated its Non-proliferation Treaty safeguards obligations and refuses to provide objective guarantees that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes
At a meeting with diplomats from the US, China, South Korea, Russia, and Japan, North Korea agrees to dismantle its nuclear facilities and allow international inspectors to enter the country in exchange for about $400 million in oil and aid
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