Category
page 1Technological races
space race
competition to explore space between USA and USSR
arms race
competition between two or more parties to have more superior armed forces
reverse engineering
process by which a man-made object is deconstructed to reveal its designs, architecture, code or to extract knowledge from the object
Sputnik crisis
United States response to the launch of Sputnik
OKB
thumb|Sukhoi Company (JSC) head office/Sukhoi OKB
OKB () is a transliteration of the Russian initials for "" (), which translates to "Experimental Design Bureau". It could also mean or "Special Design Bureau" in English. During the Soviet era, OKBs were closed institutions working on design and prototyping of advanced technology, usually for military applications. The corresponding English language term for such a bureau's activity is R&D or research and development.
German rearmament
rearmament carried out in Germany during the interwar period (1918–1939)
nuclear arms race
competition between multiple parties to have superior nuclear weaponry
Anglo–German naval arms race
early 20th-century arms race between the United Kingdom and Germany
artificial intelligence arms race
arms race for the most advanced technologies in terms of artificial intelligence
South American dreadnought race
naval arms race between Argentina, Brazil, and Chile in the early 1900s
technology during World War II
role and use of available technology in World War II
Artificial Intelligence Cold War
geopolitical narrative
techno-nationalism
Techno-nationalism is a way of understanding how technology affects the society and culture of a nation. One common example is the use of technology to advance nationalist agendas, with the goal of promoting connectedness and a stronger national identity. As noted by Alex Capri, the rise of techno-nationalist approaches has precipitated a US-China race to promote ideological values through the reshaping of institutions and standards. This idea establishes the belief that the success of a nation can be determined by how well that nation innovates and diffuses technology across its people. Techn
timeline of the Space Race
overview about the timeline of the Space Race
missile gap
Cold War term used in the United States
technology gap
International trade theory, describes an advantage enjoyed by the country that introduces new goods in a market
Billionaire space race
Billionaire space rivalry
skunkworks project
type of project
Argentine–Chilean naval arms race
naval armaments race in the late nineteenth century