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Missile gap. Il termine missile gap (in italiano "divario missilistico") fu in uso negli Stati Uniti durante la guerra fredda, e in particolare sulla fine degli anni 1950, per indicare la percepita superiorità dell' Unione Sovietica riguardo al numero e della potenza dei propri missili balistici.
Missile gap, term popularized during the late 1950s and early 1960s referring to the perception by U.S. government officials that the United States trailed the Soviet Union in ballistic missile technology. Following Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing in August 1957 and the.
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What was the Missile Gap? The Missile Gap was in essence a growing perception in the West, especially in the USA, that the Soviet Union was quickly developing an intercontinental range ballistic missile (ICBM) capability earlier, in greater numbers, and with far more capability than that of the United States.
Greg Thielmann. Public misperceptions in 1959 and 1960 that the Soviet Union had opened up a dangerous and growing lead over the United States in the deployment of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) had fateful consequences beyond influencing an exceedingly close presidential election. What was then labeled “the missile gap” also ...
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5 nov 2013 · What Missile Gap? In 1960, Kennedy campaigned hard against the Republican negligence that had allowed the Soviet Union to overtake the United States in producing missiles. Once in office,...
Defense: The Missile Gap. TIME. Jan. 24, 1964. In the presidential-election year of 1960, Democrats charged that the Republican Administration had imperiled the nation by permitting a “gap” to...
21 nov 2023 · Striking absence: Europe’s missile gap and how to close it. Europeans have been quick to enhance their missile defence capabilities. But to properly address the threat of Russia’s missiles and deter broader conflict, they need to complement defensive systems with offensive ones. Rafael Loss. Policy Fellow. Angela Mehrer.
