{"id":98326,"date":"2025-10-07T04:00:45","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98326"},"modified":"2025-10-06T17:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T21:40:11","slug":"how-a-myth-started-the-nuclear-arms-race-w2w-47","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2025\/10\/07\/how-a-myth-started-the-nuclear-arms-race-w2w-47\/","title":{"rendered":"How a Myth Started the Nuclear Arms Race &#8211; W2W 47"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zTr7XvVdHhA?si=Gt7pM6RJgaqjfdaj\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>TimeGhost History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 5 Oct 2025<\/p>\n<p>The Bomber Gap: a mid-1950s panic that convinced Washington the USSR was outproducing the U.S. in long-range strategic bombers \u2014 and triggered a massive nuclear buildup. This episode traces Eisenhower&#8217;s New Look, Curtis LeMay and SAC&#8217;s push for jets, the Dulles brothers&#8217; influence, the M-4 &#8220;Bison&#8221; bluff, and the Symington hearings that turned bad intel into national policy. Learn how politics, optics, and deliberate Soviet deception combined to accelerate the arms race and reshape deterrence for decades.<\/p>\n<p>[<strong>NR<\/strong>: At <em>Dominion Review<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dominionreview.ca\/the-missile-gap-fact-or-fantasy-repercussions-for-the-avro-arrow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palmiro Campagna<\/a> discusses the missile gap and how it impacted the decision to cancel the Avro Arrow.]<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Join us on Patreon: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/TimeGhostHistory<\/a><br \/>\nOr join The TimeGhost Army directly at: <a href=\"https:\/\/timeghost.tv\/signup\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/timeghost.tv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow WW2 day by day on Instagram @ww2_day_by_day &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ww2_day_by_day<\/a><br \/>\nFollow Timeghost History on Instagram &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timeghosthistory<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Archive footage: Screenocean\/Reuters &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.screenocean.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.screenocean.com<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Hosted by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nDirector: Clara Wahlig<br \/>\nProducers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nExecutive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nCo-produced by: Sebastian Brandstetter<br \/>\nCreative Director: Iryna Dulka<br \/>\nCommunity Management: Anna Deinhard &#038; Tom Aldis<br \/>\nWritten by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nResearch by: Spartacus Olsson<br \/>\nMap animations by: Andreas Olsson<br \/>\nMap research by: Andreas Olsson<br \/>\nEdited by: Karolina Do\u0142\u0119ga<br \/>\nColor grading by: Karolina Do\u0142\u0119ga<br \/>\nArtwork by: Anna Deinhard<br \/>\nColorization Thumbnail by: <a href=\"https:\/\/klimbim2014.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/klimbim2014.wordpress.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nSound design by: Marek Kami\u0144ski<\/p>\n<p>Colorizations by: Miko\u0142aj Uchman<\/p>\n<p>Image sources:<br \/>\nNational Archives NARA<br \/>\nLibrary of Congress<br \/>\nM-4 &#8220;Bison&#8221; sketch by Kaboldy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbDhGcElRY1pwMWFIbWNWbEQ5ZEh2ZFd1M2M5Z3xBQ3Jtc0tuUThkQ0ZOeG5lcGRrRTRRZFhtREhZd3VHUXFTSEF4V0hOdXprTU1xWkdlYnJhcm5PM0tQTmNMX1g2SlQ2cXlQQTFySWJWUDBRcmpYTkJBX3hKbTFOeDBrcVVvVGZxR3c3YUNnY2xqc1lrTi1pZGF1bw&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fcommons.wikimedia.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Fsearch%3DKaboldy%2Bm-4%26title%3DSpecial%253AMediaSearch%26type%3Dimage&#038;v=zTr7XvVdHhA\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:<br \/>\n&#8220;When Tomorrow Comes&#8221; &#8211; Jon Bjork<br \/>\n&#8220;Somethin&#8217; to Talk About&#8221; &#8211; Booker and the Yeomans<br \/>\n&#8220;Fly Baby Fly&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Last Point of Safe Return&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;March Of The Brave 10&#8221; &#8211; Rannar Sillard<br \/>\n&#8220;Please Hear Me Out STEMS INSTRUMENTS&#8221; &#8211; Philip Ayers<br \/>\n&#8220;Rememberance&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<br \/>\n&#8220;Secret Cargo&#8221; &#8211; Craft Case<br \/>\n&#8220;Suspiral&#8221; &#8211; Anthony Earls<br \/>\n&#8220;The End Of The World 2&#8221; &#8211; H\u00e5kan Eriksson<br \/>\n&#8220;Weapon of Choice&#8221; &#8211; Fabien Tell<\/p>\n<p>A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TimeGhost History Published 5 Oct 2025 The Bomber Gap: a mid-1950s panic that convinced Washington the USSR was outproducing the U.S. in long-range strategic bombers \u2014 and triggered a massive nuclear buildup. 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