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No doubt both sides would’ve pretty much annihilated each other. It wouldn’t have mattered much if the either side would’ve fared marginally better as the end result would be a devastated country and economy.
I believe the US had a much greater network of overseas military installations than the USSR. Especially if you factor in Japan and Korea. Is it true that the US placed nuclear ICBMs in Japan during the peak of the Cold War?
While NATO and the Warsaw Pact never engaged each other in direct armed conflict, both sides were pretty evenly matched. NATO had a qualitative edge in terms of superior equipment & better trained forces, whereas the Warsaw Pact countries had far more men and tanks.
Amazing how many times the world came close to WW3 during the Cold War. Thank god cooler heads & common sense prevailed.
Regards,
Nebula82.
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