Cold War nuclear war fear

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, Cold War nuclear war fear has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Dec 2025).

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. During this same period, in addition to the American and Soviet nuclear stockpiles, other countries developed nuclear weapons, though no other country engaged in warhead production on nearly the same scale as the two superpowers.