Answer:
-Develop new weapons
-Building larger weapons arsenals
-Creating new technologies
Explanation:
-Develop new weapons:
Overtime the USSR and USA from the end of WW2 to the 90s had gradually perfected the creation of faster, stronger, and deadlier weapons. This was to keep each other in check, for example, new and improved tanks were more armored and could travel up to fast speeds despite the weight.
-Building larger weapons arsenals:
The nuclear deposits in the US and USSR were huge and still are huge. The Russian Republic today still holds the most nukes in its arsenal with the US in second. Building a larger weapons arsenal was essential for the arms race during the Cold War also to keep each other in check.
-Creating new technologies:
One great example of this is the Space Race. This was an ideological race to space that would challenge each other's top scientists, engineers, and brilliant thinkers. The USSR had accomplished most of space advancements like the first to send a man to space but the US had made it first to the moon.
