... United States were building their ballistic missile defense reserves to out power one and another. Both sides realized that having so many giant missiles in their country could be a target for the other side's missiles. Fearing attacks on their missile reserves both sides starting building interceptor missiles. This merely allowed a greater store of ballistic missiles in both countries. By this time ... defenses would lessen the offensive reserves. The anti-ballistic missile treaty allowed research, development and deployment of anti-ballistic missiles. In SALT I talks of 1972 the origi...

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... what caused the cold war between the US and SU. The orthodox (traditional) consider Soviet Union imperialism the case. The second thought, the revisionist (during Vietnam) consider US to blame for hostility generated bc US had desire to prevent revolutionary movements that threaten economic status. The 3rd, the tragic or inevitable, sees the cold war as unavoidable or natural consequence of ... atomic arsenal. Soviets rejected proposal. Mutual hostility escalated and Soviets and American rushed to develop doomsday weapons. Truman outlined the Truman Doctrine, which laid the foundation f...

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