what are the long term effect of the cold war?

Question

can anyone tell me what are the long term effect of cold war?

Answer 1

Hi,
This may sound a tad frivolous, but we are not allowed to display "cloak & dagger" images at work, as it happens to be the Someplace I cannot mention., with a visit last year from Russian Officials, and Phil the Greek.
No problem.
Also, my mum is not supposed to talk too much about her time in the defence industry, but I have a map of putting an air-to-air missile together, well out of date, in case the Iranians or Bulgarians had a camera about them.
It is all daft.
I cannot really type exactly who I work for, for fear of a heavy hammer upon my head, but it is within the OSA and all that to say that I do not think that there is a negative long-term effect from the "cold war" of the sixties. Stuff is much more diplomatic,
overtly, perhaps not covertly freindly, and the "hot" wars are now the focus of attention.
I was invited to visit a "facility" In what was an Eastern-bloc counntry, as a courtesy visit, but was quizzed by the bods on my return.
I said that the fish was lovely, but the salad left much to be desired, oh and the local wines blew my socks off.
Well, that was the only sensible info I came across.

We, as a Nation listen to what other countries are saying, and they in turn listen in on what Brits are saying.
Fair play in my book !
Just stop blowing things up please !

Bob: hiding somewhere on my boat.

Answer 2

Hi there.
Threefold really.
1. Mistrust. The old eastern bloc especially Russia have no trust for the USA in particular, even now, and delight in blocking their activities wherever possible. Both in the UN and by supporting opposing regimes.
2. Domination of "Defence" Industry. Using fear of the enemy, defence business gains trillions for research/weaponry - now having to talk up the threat of Islamist terror to keep the gravy train rolling.
3. Nuclear proliferation. To gain power, nuclear industry super-accelerated beyond all reason. In the breakdown, trained scientists and materials in superabundance so any country with a little money can get there - Iran next.
Cheers, Steve.

Answer 3

If you mean the +last+ cold war:
some of the effects are:

afforable personal computers
digital watches
medical advances
automobile advances
aerospace advances
a stronger economy

Answer 4

Cold soldiers!

Answer 5

still going on. Russia always at our throats. Did someone say Litvenjenko?

Answer 6

stockpiles of nuclear weapons
massive debt
a generation of movies in which the soviet union is the bad guy