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Why did the cold war never entered into to a real war?
The Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union did not go "hot" due to the specter of mutually assured destruction through the use of nuclear weapons. The Cold War was in fact fought, in the shadows and through proxies across the world.
What were the major threats to world peace during the cold war?
MAD- Mutually Assured Destruction with the use of nuclear weapons to wipe out two superpower countries, US and the USSR
What was MAD in the Cold War?
MAD stood for Mutual (or Mutually) Assured Destruction. It refers to nuclear weapons and the basic principle that if, (for example), the United States were to attack the Soviet Union using nuclear weapons then the Soviet Union would respond in the same way. In other words, in trying to destroy the opponent, the aggressor would have guarenteed their own destruction also.
How did the idea of mutually destruction affect the cold war?
Answer this question… It promoted peace by preventing either country from attacking first because of the certainty of an immediate counterattack.
Who fired the first missile during the cold war?
No one did, that is why it was called the Cold War. For all the players involved in this conflict it was only the threat of mutually assured destruction (thru missiles and other weapons of war) that kept everyone from pulling the trigger
