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Both the Soviet Union and the United States worried that the other would build up a larger nuclear arsenal.

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Both the US and the USSR were afraid that the other side would become too powerful, so when one side started to build more nuclear weapons, this fear caused the other side to build more nuclear weapons, which caused the other side's fear to increase and so on. This fear increased tension between the two superpowers.

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The arms race was an important facet of the Cold War. Each country was threatening the other at regular intervals, and they needed to intimidate each other.

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Destruction of the Berlin Wall and the demise of the soviet union

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It all started when American dropped both their nuclear bombs.

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