the Cold War
noun
: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945
the era of the Cold War
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That’s reminiscent of what the despots of Eastern Europe did during the Cold War, building huge concrete apartment blocks with meager square-foot allotments per family.
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Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Developed at the height of the Cold War, GPS was designed by the Pentagon to give US forces an unfailing sense of position anywhere on Earth.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
This architecture was devised during the Cold War and is optimized for nuclear conflict and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
The incident also raised questions about whether the alliance, founded more than 70 years ago during the Cold War, has the right, cost-effective military setup to deal with the relatively modern threat of unmanned aerial vehicles.
—Andrew Gray, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
Developed at the height of the Cold War, GPS was designed by the Pentagon to give US forces an unfailing sense of position anywhere on Earth.
—Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2025
This architecture was devised during the Cold War and is optimized for nuclear conflict and intercontinental ballistic missiles.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2025
The incident also raised questions about whether the alliance, founded more than 70 years ago during the Cold War, has the right, cost-effective military setup to deal with the relatively modern threat of unmanned aerial vehicles.
—Andrew Gray, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
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