Question

How did USA and USSR fight proxy wars?

• A. By forming military alliances and gaining superiority in space and arms race.
• B. By the USSR signing the NATO and the USA signing the Warsaw Pact.
• C. By threatening the use of nuclear weapons, though they were not really used.
• D. By USA sending a man to space and USSR sending a man to the Moon.

Answer 1

The correct option is A By forming military alliances and gaining superiority in space and arms race.

There was always the threat of nuclear weapons being used to attack other nations, but that was not how USA and USSR fought proxy wars. The NATO (by USA) and the Warsaw Pact (by USSR) were part of the race. In addition, it was USSR that sent a man to space and USA a man to the Moon.