The cold war produced arms race …

The beginning of Cold War is a landmark to the contemporary world politics. The emergence of the two superpower rivalries with each one having totally different ideologies played important role in Post World War Era. The Cold War was not simply just balance of power rivalries, it created and even distoryed arms race to some extent. Considering the arms produce this era have created is maximum. For example, during the high point of of Cold war ehen both the rivals came in direct confrontation which came to be known as the Cuban Missile Crises of 1962. This led both the superpowers to engage in producing and matching one anothers nuclear capabilities and arsenal. In context to its production the evidences prove that USSR always managed to match USA fron time to time, it had seen huge arms race development. In some points too huge stock of arms were condidered necessary to prevent wars and most of the time it did not lead to any full fledged 'hot' war due to the action of 'Logic of Deterrence' at work or the restrainment factors. Which is again a factor that can support the case in arms control during the Cold War Era. This was the main reason that USA and USSR decided to collaborate in limiting and eliminating certain kinds of nuclear and non-nuclear weapons which resulted in arms control as the trities were signed starting from 1960s of which the important one were CTBT, NPT & ABMT

Since the Cold War did not eliminate rivalries between the two alliances there were mutual suspicions between them. This led to an arms race. Huge stock of arms was considered necessary to prevent wars from taking place. Both USA and USSR wanted to prove their supremacy on the global stage. The two opposite bloc were sceptical to each other about their nuclear arsenals which led them to produce more and more nuclear weapons for their safeguard. On the other hand, both the sides understood that in spite of restraint, the war might occur due to the following reasons:

1. Miscalculation of the number of weapons in the possession of the other camp.
2. Misunderstanding the intentions of the other side.
3. A nuclear accident by mistake or by a soldier mischievously to start a war.

Thus, both the powers - the US and the Soviet Union - decided to limit or eliminate certain kinds of nuclear and non-nuclear weapons to maintain a stable balance of weapons. Starting in the 1960s, three treaties were signed. These were the Limited Test Ban Treaty, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. Thereafter, the superpowers held several rounds of arms limitation talks and signed several more treaties to limit their arms.