During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union hoped the ____________________ policy would prevent either country from using nuclear weapons against the other.

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zzelinski · Answer

SALT, I'm pretty sure. The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty.

anonymous · Answer

I'd go with "mutually assured destruction" or MAD. Because both country had gobs of nukes, both sides felt that if war were to break out, no one would survive.

SALT was one of the things to come out of that fear, though, as detente took hold and both countries tried stepping back from the brink by reducing the number and type of nukes they each had.