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In 1957, the sense of security the United States had come to accept after America’s victory in World War II drastically changed.
The NBC radio broadcast on the night of Oct. 4 told its audience, “Listen now… for the sound that forevermore separates the old from the new,” as the sound of the Sputnik satellite came through the airwaves.
This moment didn’t just signify a groundbreaking technological achievement with the launch of the first satellite into orbit. It also conveyed to the rest of the world the Soviet Union was outpacing the United States technologically a decade into the Cold War.
The American public was shocked to the point of panic. They were certainly put on notice about the seriousness of the Soviet Union as a rival.
US MILITARY SHOOTS DOWN CHINESE SPY BALLOON OVER ATLANTIC OCEAN
A silver lining in the Biden administration allowing the Chinese spy balloon to violate our airspace is that the American public has…
