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"Those who uphold the Administration defense budget are right on one count: we cannot be certain that the Soviets will have, during the term of the next Administration, the tremendous lead in missile striking power which they give every evidence of building — and we cannot be certain that they will use that lead to threaten or launch an attack upon the United States. Consequently those of us who call for a higher defense budget are taking a chance on spending money unnecessarily. But those who oppose these expenditures are taking a chance on our very survival as a nation."Source: Senator John F. Kennedy, "An Investment for Peace," 1960Kennedy's remarks in the excerpt most directly reflected which of the following developments during the mid-twentieth century?

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