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America had developed and used a major weapon of mass destruction towards the end of the second world war, a couple of years later, They have realized the Russians were also working on the warhead and delivery system, so, America developed more weapons, Russia developed more weapons, the race was on.

When the Soviet Union achieved nuclear parity with the United States, the Cold War had entered a new phase. The cold war became a conflict more dangerous and unmanageable than anything Americans had faced before.

Mutual Assured Destruction began to emerge at the end of the Kennedy administration. MAD reflects the idea that one's population could best be protected by leaving it vulnerable so long as the other side faced comparable vulnerabilities.

Due to soviet Chinese tensions, the Chinese might have used nuclear weapons against either the United States or the Soviet Union in the event of a nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.

By the end of the Cold War the United States, and especially Russia, cut down on nuclear weapons spending.

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