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Originally posted by Tyson Schmidt
I'm dying to know what weapons systems won the Cold War for us.
I was under the impression that the Cold War was won economically.
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Time for brief history snippet:
1) SDI (space defense initiative), which didn't exist but was strongly put forth by Reagan, scared the heck out of the Soviets because they were sure we could actually build it.
2) The threat of a massive buildup of missles within NATO european countries aimed at the USSR.
Obviously not *thee* reasons the USSR was toppled but *significant* factors in addition to economically spending them into oblivion...