Their Knowledge of the mountain ranges and vast deserts of the country gave them the ability to successfully ambush Russian supply convoys, giving them access to Russian weapons and cutting supply lines to the Soviet Army. Because of the guerrilla tactics used by the Mujahedeen, Russia turned to more devastating styles of warfare including; carpet bombing, blanketing areas with landmines, and using chemical weapons such as napalm and poison gas. The use of these deadly weapons did not do much good for the Russians, it had little effect on the guerrilla fighters, but the civilian casualties wer...

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These two countries became the strongest super powers after World War II and paraded their strength using the threat of nuclear weapons which came to a head in the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, a memorable date for those at the time who waited in the fear that their way of life could be obliterated forever. ... Currently there are no international laws banning nuclear weapons, but there are restrictions on testing these weapons. ... Chemical and biological weapons now more than ever a growing concern for the global community, this is demonstrated by the fact that President W Bush and t...

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Each state had its ideological mission, its networks of alliances and third war clients, and its deadly arsenal of nuclear weapons. The Cold War has brought around all the new kinds of weapons, propaganda and a permanent threat of use of the weapons of mass distraction, several so called, "proxy wars" took place, where the rivalry between capitalists and communists resulted in the real fights on the other states territories, when the US and the Soviet Union supported different sides in the Civil Wars, for example Berlin Crises, Korean War, Cuban missile crises, Vietnam and Afghanistan wars. ...

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