HST 540 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Reconnaissance Satellite, Francis Gary Powers

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: History
• Course: HST 540
• Professor: Mike Kasprzak

Document Summary

Module 10 the wizards & ogres of espionage: the. American establishment continued to believe in the supremacy of soviet military build-up: this fuelled the unnecessary and growing accumulation of nuclear stockpiles and more accurate delivery systems. The roots of overhead imagery collection: the ever more complex american policy and defence mechanisms of the cold war required more sophisticated and capable intelligence collection systems and corresponding analytical approaches. In the 1950s and the 1960s, all of the western intelligence institutions turned to innovative technical means, such as high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft and satellites, in an effort to detect and monitor the. 2 and the sr-71: richard bissell, whose administrative, economic and technological expertise remained almost unmatched in the corridors of langley, turned to. Clarence kelly johnson for assistance with the project: the u-2 ( u stood for utility) was built from scratch with new and innovative aeronautical technology, this was accomplished ahead of schedule, under budget, and under complete secrecy.