Roots of the Strategic Arms Race: Ambiguity and Ignorance.

The article focuses on the issues behind strategic arms race and its various impact. The author cites the expenditures of countries on military weapons, where most were really focused on the weapons than other spendings. He addresses on the increasing threat of nuclear devastation and commented on the actions of national decision makers for ignoring the implications of the continuous growth of military stockpiles. He also mentioned that the misinformation received by the U.S. on the status of Soviet weapons, was one of the instances in the history of the arms race while, ambiguity to an absurd state. Such misinformation includes the outgrowth of a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile, the launching of Sputnik, and the offense-defense race concerning antiballistic missiles.