1949-04-04
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is founded by Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, in order to resist Communist expansion.
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1954-09-08
Foundation of the South East Asian Treaty Organization (SEATO) by Australia, France, New Zealand, Pakistan, Thailand, the Philippines, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
Like NATO, it is founded to resist Communist expansion, this time in the Philippines and Indochina.
The Air Force Museum in Dayton Ohio has an assortment of nuclear weapons you can see from above and below. Cold weapons for cold warriors. 
