Cold War Communication

During the years of the Cold War when nuclear threats and fears ran high, the US government established a "Hot Line" between Moscow and Washinton in 1963. This was established by Kennedy directly after the Cuban Missle Crisis in 1962 - one year after. The reason for the establishment of this hot line, was the realization that the so called "primitive" methods of communication were not up to par if a nuclear crisis were to occur. An example of such primitive means would be the Soviet ambassador relying on a bicycle courier to relay messages for him. Instead of using voice of video, written words are used in code (of course). An example of usage of the hot line is during the Arab-Israeli conlflict in 1969. Even today the hotline is still in use - the CIA believes that it should remain in use "as long as these two sides have submarines roaming the oceans and missiles pointed at each other." Another example of a revolutionary use of mass communication was on October 4th, 1957 when the USSR launched Sputnik I...