Which of the following was a justification for the increase in US defense spending during the Cold War? The United States needed
to develop more and better weapons to prevent an attack. The United States wanted to purchase large amounts of land to conduct nuclear tests. The United States planned to launch an attack against the Soviet Union on Russian soil. The United States wanted to become the world’s first example of a superpower.
The correct statement is that the United States wanted to become the world's first example of superpower. So, the correct option that matches the statement quoted above is D.
The United States of America had to set an example of being a superpower by building a superior army. All the other reasons substituted it well.
<h3>The US defense system </h3>
US had faced some warfare during the Twentieth Century. It was a growing nation, but that led to it being under the radar of enemies all the time during the period.
It had already been attacked by the powers like Russia, Japanese navy and had bad relations with all the nations belonging to the Soviet Union.
To control the unwanted attacks by the help of army and military men, the spending of US defense department were increased during the Cold War era.
Hence, the correct option is D that the USA wanted to become an example of world's first superpower for the reason it being building a stronger defense system.
This is because the government runs the economy in a command system and not the market. The government could in such a case focus all its resources on solving the crisis unlike the free market economy where people dealing with economy might be disinterested since it wouldn't affect their businesses or anything similar.
