Alternate Timelines

Scenarios about 'nuclear arms race'

The strategic competition between nations, primarily the United States and Soviet Union, to amass nuclear weapons during the Cold War era. This dangerous escalation saw both powers rapidly developing increasingly destructive technologies, from atomic bombs to hydrogen bombs to intercontinental ballistic missiles, fundamentally altering international relations through concepts like mutually assured destruction and nuclear deterrence. The nuclear arms race profoundly shaped geopolitics, military strategy, and public consciousness about existential threats to humanity.

What If Gorbachev Never Came to Power?

Exploring the alternate timeline where Mikhail Gorbachev never became General Secretary of the Soviet Union, potentially prolonging the Cold War and altering the fate of the communist superpower.