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On February 9, 1959, the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile entered service for the Soviet Union. The country’s defence ministry’s index for it was 8K71. The missile part of it was called R-7. What was its launcher called? It could carry a thermonuclear warhead and had a range of up to 8,000 km. It also delivered the Sputnik satellite to orbit in October 1957.
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In the following list, identify the three countries that don’t have operational ICBMs and name two countries not in the list that do have them: Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, North Korea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, the U.S.
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Name the military doctrine that is the foundation of nuclear peace – the idea that if two nuclear powers are armed with nuclear weapons and have both first- and second-strike capabilities, they don’t have an incentive to attack each other nor to disarm. Clue: Its name was chosen because its acronym was synonymous with the irrationality of developing nuclear weapons.
