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By 1953, both the United States and the Soviet Union had detonated atomic bombs made of hydrogen.
1953年，美國和蘇聯(lián)都引爆了氫彈
In 1957 the Soviets came up with the ICBM, or Intercontinental Ballistic Missile,
1957年，蘇聯(lián)發(fā)明了洲際彈道導(dǎo)彈
which made possible the concept of "anytime, anywhere" nuclear war and also MAD, "mutually assured destruction."
使得任何時候任何地點(diǎn)的核戰(zhàn)成為可能，也使得MAD，即相互保證毀滅成為可能
Kennedy and Khrushchev both knew in October 1962 the magnitude of the stakes, it was literally, the fate of life on this planet.
1962年10月，肯尼迪和赫魯曉夫都知道這個賭注的重要性，嚴(yán)格說來，牽涉到這個星球上所有生命的命運(yùn)
Both sides worked feverishly to refine missile technology with multi-warhead and various mid-range missiles.
雙方都狂熱地優(yōu)化自己的導(dǎo)彈技術(shù)，制造出多彈頭導(dǎo)彈和各種中射程導(dǎo)彈
Both sides also pumped huge amounts of money into the space race,
雙方也都斥巨資投入太空競賽
which despite each nation's patriotic pride in its achievements was essentially basically another branch of the arms race.
盡管雙方都因各自的成就得到愛國自豪感，這基本上就是軍備競賽的一個分支
In the long run, only the United States was able to afford such a level of military spending and that, just barely.
長期看來，只有美國能夠負(fù)擔(dān)得起這種程度的軍費(fèi)開支，也只是勉強(qiáng)能夠負(fù)擔(dān)而已
Segment 28e: Conclusions
28段第五部分，結(jié)論
1. It's tough to let go
第一，放手很難
