b. Spent more money on military equipment is your best answer.
While money spent on nuclear weapon development was greatly reduced, conventional military spending greatly increased to insure against a break-down on the peaceful relationship, as well as the change in status quo.
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In 1850, the world had a human population of approximately 1,200,000,000; in 2011, the world population topped 7,041,194,301
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