Mutually Assured Destruction Was a Standing Policy During the Cold

question 106

Multiple Choice

Mutually Assured Destruction was a standing policy during the Cold War,in which the United States and the U.S.S.R.maintained and expanded nuclear arsenals beyond practical levels.What could explain such a phenomenon?

• A) insane public officials who were bent on world domination
• B) a prisoners' dilemma
• C) a leader-follower type game
• D) tacit collusion

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Definitions:

Motor Neuron

Neuron that controls a muscle or gland.

Muscle Unit

Refers to a motor unit, the smallest functional element of a muscle, consisting of a motor neuron and the skeletal muscle fibers it innervates.

Sarcomere Contraction

The process of muscle fibers shortening, caused by the sliding of actin and myosin filaments within the sarcomere, the fundamental unit of muscle contraction.

Myosin

ATP-dependent motor protein; makes up the thick filaments in a sarcomere.