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THE COLD WAR 1950 1973

THE COLD WAR

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Competition between two or more parties for military supremacy. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, or superior military technology in a technological escalation. the most prominent instance of such a competition was the rapid development by the United States and the Soviet Union of more and better nuclear weapons during the Cold War
A
Nuclear Race
B
Arms Race
C
Space Race
D
Imperial Race
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -arms race, a pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries. The term is often used quite loosely to refer to any military buildup or spending increases by a group of countries.

Detailed explanation-2: -An arms race occurs when two or more countries increase the size and quality of military resources to gain military and political superiority over one another.

Detailed explanation-3: -The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.

Detailed explanation-4: -What was the Cold War? The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II. This hostility between the two superpowers was first given its name by George Orwell in an article published in 1945.

Detailed explanation-5: -Following the defeat of the Axis powers, an ideological and political rivalry between the United States and the USSR gave way to the start of the Cold War.

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