Satellite Countries During The Cold War

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Satellite countries during the cold war.

This empire included poland hungary romania bulgaria czechoslovakia and east germany. The united states has the most satellites in space with a total number of 123 military satellites according to worldatlas while russia owns 74 satellites china with 68 france india and israel with 7 and germany and the united kingdom with 7. Mushroom cloud of the ivy mike nuclear test 1952. From the early 1960s to mid 1980s photography from space was often the only way to get critical data about nuclear threats.

Countries in the west like the u s began using the term satellite nation to. During the cold war the u s. Most of the communist nations during the cold war were soviet satellite states such as mongolia afghanistan albania czechoslovakia bulgaria hungary poland and east germany. Elected to four.

One of more than a thousand such tests conducted by the us between 1945 and 1992. Relied on photo reconnaissance satellites to track adversaries weapons development especially in the soviet union and china. Countries in the west like the u s began using the term satellite nation to describe these countries. The short lived east turkestan republic 1944 1949 was a soviet satellite until it was absorbed into the people s republic of china along with the rest of xinjiang.

In the west they were called satellites because they clung closely to the soviet union like satellites round a planet. The satellite nations of the cold war were poland czechoslovakia hungary romania bulgaria and east germany. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. The mongolian people s republic was a soviet satellite from 1924 to 1991.

Each had a communist government. Aside from the soviet satellite states there were also nonaligned and pro soviet communist countries. Borders of nato blue and warsaw pact red states during the cold war era in the northern hemisphere. Often referred to by his initials fdr was the thirty second president of the united states.