During the Cold War arms race, how did the hydrogen bomb differ from the atomic bomb? The hydrogen bomb was less destructive than the atomic bomb.
The hydrogen bomb was more destructive than the atomic bomb.
The hydrogen bomb was built by the US, while the USSR built atomic bombs.
The hydrogen bomb was built by the USSR, while the US built atomic bombs.

The correct answer is B) The hydrogen bomb was more destructive than the atomic bomb.

During the Cold War arms race, the hydrogen bomb differed from the atomic bomb in that the hydrogen bomb was more destructive than the atomic bomb.

Those wear the conflictive years of the Cold War and arms race. The Soviet Union wanted to be one step ahead of the United States and vice-versa. The USSR had advanced in the fabrication of its own atomic bomb, so President Harry S. Truman ordered the continuation of the fabrication of the Hydrogen bomb in 1950, a more powerful and destructive weapon. Due to this rivalry, the world was on the brink of another world war in 1962, with the Cuban Missile crisis.

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an empire is a sovereign state functioning as an aggregate of nations or people that are ruled over by an emperor or another kind of monarch. the territory and population of an empire is commonly of greater extent than the one of a kingdom.[1]

an empire can be made solely of contiguous territories, such as the austro-hungarian empire or the russian empire, or of territories far remote from the homeland, such as a colonial empire. aside from the more formal usage, the word empire can also refer colloquially to a large-scale business enterprise (e.g. a transnational corporation), a political organisation controlled by a single individual (a political boss), or a group (political bosses).[2] the word empire is associated with such other words as imperialism, colonialism, and globalization. empire is often used to describe a displeasure to overpowering situations.[3]