Satellite Countries During The Cold War

This empire included poland hungary romania bulgaria czechoslovakia and east germany.

Satellite countries during the cold war.

Often referred to by his initials fdr was the thirty second president of the united states. During the cold war the u s. 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. Relied on photo reconnaissance satellites to track adversaries weapons development especially in the soviet union and china.

Between 1945 and 1949 stalin created a russian empire in eastern europe. In the west they were called satellites because they clung closely to the soviet union like satellites round a planet. Each had a communist government. The mongolian people s republic was a soviet satellite from 1924 to 1991.

Mushroom cloud of the ivy mike nuclear test 1952. One of more than a thousand such tests conducted by the us between 1945 and 1992. The satellite state cold war as of 2019 there are 4 987 active satellites orbiting the earth and only 302 are being used for military purposes. 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. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools. Countries in the west like the u s began using the term satellite nation to describe these countries. The satellite nations of the cold war were poland czechoslovakia hungary romania bulgaria and east germany.

Aside from the soviet satellite states there were also nonaligned and pro soviet communist countries. Elected to four. Start studying cold war. 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.