Answer: Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin adage translated as "If you want peace, prepare for war". The phrase is used above all to assert that one of the most effective means to ensure peace for a nation is always to be armed and ready to defend oneself. In the cold war both superpowers were prepared to face a world confrontation but they were responsible enough not to use the power they had in fear of the retalliation or fear of the consequences.
The Cuban missile Crisis was a direct consequence of the arms race since Russia wanted to enlarge its nuclear power and the USA strongly opposed that.
An arms race denotes a rapid increase in the quantity or quality of instruments of military power by rival states in peacetime. The first modern arms race took place when France and Russia challenged the naval superiority of Britain in the late nineteenth century. Germany’s attempt to surpass Britain’s fleet spilled over into World War I, while tensions after the war between the United States, Britain and Japan resulted in the first major arms-limitation treaty at the Washington Conference. The buildup of arms was also a characteristic of the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, though the development of nuclear weapons changed the stakes for the par
