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What does ABM stand for? |
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a) advanced bomb machine
b) antiballistic missile
c) alternative biological maxim
d) ask Britney's manager
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The United States recently announced it would withdraw from the ABM Treaty in June. Why? |
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a) America thinks Russia's nuclear weapons are no longer a threat.
b) Russia wanted to quit, too, so the U.S. quit first to save face.
c) America wants to develop a missile defense system that it thinks would violate the treaty.
d) Remaining a member of the treaty is too costly.
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Which Russian leader says America's withdrawal from the ABM Treaty is a threat to international cooperation and security? |
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a) Vladmir Putin
b) Boris Yelstin
c) Mikhail Gorbachev
d) Leonid I. Brezhnev
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President Bush recently dubbed these countries the "Axis of Evil" in his State of the Union speech. |
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a) Germany, Japan, Italy
b) Afghanistan, Pakistan, India
c) Canada, Mexico, Iceland
d) Iran, Iraq, North Korea
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The media nicknamed President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative, borrowing the title of this popular science fiction film. |
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a) Alien
b) Back to the Future
c) 2001: A Space Odyssey
d) Star Wars
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The SDI program cost how much money over its life span in the 1980s and early 1990s? |
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a) about $500 million
b) about $5 billion
c) about $50 billion
d) about $500 billion
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How many strategic warheads do the United States and Russia each possess today? |
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a) about 6,000
b) about 12,000
c) about 20,000
d) about 100,000
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This missile uses an internal guidance system—complete with a computer and radar—to reach its target. |
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a) ICBM
b) SLBM
c) cruise missile
d) rocket launcher
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These missiles are self-propelled, but also use gravity—after the rocket burns out—to reach their target. |
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a) cruise missile
b) ballistic missile
c) stinger missile
d) fuel-conserving missile
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This post-World War II struggle between the United States and former USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) featured a massive nuclear arms buildup. What name is used to refer to this period that lasted until the late 1980s? |
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a) Cold War
b) Hot War
c) Détente
d) Tense Times
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