Which situation developed as a result of the arms race during the cold war?

a. the soviet union shifted its focus from developing weapons to exploring space.
b. the united states ended its policy of fighting proxy wars in asia, africa, and south america.
c. the united states and the soviet union developed the ability to completely destroy each other.
d. nearly every country around the world gained access to nuclear weapons.

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As the Cold War continued, the two superpowers (US and USSR) kept escalating their weapons capabilities and stockpiles.  It got to the point that if the two sides did plunge into war, they would face mutually assured destruction -- abbreviated as M.A.D.  It seemed the Cold War had driven the two powers mad (crazy) in their efforts to arm themselves against each other.

Eventually the US and USSR would pursue policies of detente, which included pledges to reduce their nuclear arsenals.  The arms race and solving the arms race were constant issues affecting the Cold War.

i think they would live in caves or natural tunnels

answer: secession

secession, as it applies to the outbreak of the american civil war, comprises the series of events that began on december 20, 1860, and extended through june 8 of the next year when eleven states in the lower and upper south severed their ties with the union. the first seven seceding states of the lower south set up a provisional government at montgomery, alabama. after hostilities began at fort sumter in charleston harbor on april 12, 1861, the border states of virginia, arkansas, tennessee, and north carolina joined the new government, which then moved its capital to richmond, virginia. the union was thus divided approximately on geographic lines. twenty-one northern and border states retained the style and title of the united states, while the eleven slave states adopted the nomenclature of the confederate states of america.

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