Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBs) begin to be developed

Category
Invention
Place
Global
Date
1960
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
[Cambridge Illustrated History of Warfare, p. 380] "A ballistic missile is a missile only guided during the relatively brief initial powered phase of flight, whose trajectory is subsequently governed by the laws of classical mechanics, in contrast (for example) to a cruise missile which is aerodynamically guided in powered flight." [Wikipedia]
In 1974, the U.S. had 1,054 and the USSR 1,575 ICBs. [Kennedy: Great Powers, p. 395]

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Category
Inventions
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2020
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