Re:Should America Have Entered World War I?
by dragonwriter on Sunday April 09, 2017 @12:32AM
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> Russia developed nuclear weapons in peace-time as well, if you consider the cold war peaceful.
Parts of the Cold War were peaceful for some countries (including the USSR), but the period in which the Soviets developed nuclear weapons (1943-1949) was a period during which the USSR was constantly involved in international armed conflict, and was absolutely not peacetime for the USSR.
Parts of the Cold War were peaceful for some countries (including the USSR), but the period in which the Soviets developed nuclear weapons (1943-1949) was a period during which the USSR was constantly involved in international armed conflict, and was absolutely not peacetime for the USSR.