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The Cold War led the United States military into combat in Korea, Vietnam, and Grenade. As each side built up more and more nuclear weapons, the United States developed the idea of nuclear deterrence-the concept that neither side would use nuclear weapons against each other because each knew this would lead to the destruction of both the United States and the Soviet Union. On the other hand, Soviet leaders, for most of the country’s existence, lived they could win a nuclear war.
By the time President Reagan was elected, two anti-nuclear treaties had been signed between the United States and the Soviet Union. These treaties were known as SALT I and SALT II (later re-named START by President George H. W. Bush). These agreements put ceilings on certain types of nuclear weapons but did not limit the overall nuclear weapons build up, did not involved dismantling existing nuclear weapons, and did not involve oversight of the treaties.
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