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OCR: Both American and Soviet Forces strategic del systems are divided into a triad, or three differ modes of delivering nuclear weapons to their side's targets. The nuclear triad consists of long-range bombers, inter- continental ballisti missiles (ICBMs), and submarine-launched bal missiles (SLBMs). This division of delivery syst is the foundation of deterrence by assuring tha side would have a second-strike capability, Strategic Bombers The first atomic bombs were delivered by strat bombers. Until missiles were developed in the 1950s, long-range bombers were the only mea delivering nuclear weapons against an enemy. Their original role was to penetrate enemy terr and drop nuclear weapons on their targets. With the addition of intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear missile submarines, ...