How the the arms race affect the stability of the US?

Answer 1

It made the people edgy. Many of the youngers in the 50s and 60's and 70's... all they heard of was WW3 talk. We grew up never knowing if some incident would trigger the war. We never knew enough about what was going on, because we werent told enough. We werent told enough because intelligence services cut the public out of the loop and said nothing much at all about the cold war and as a result the people mostly lived in the dark; and that's where Satan lives and that's from where he spreads his fear. US intelligence services became psychotic about secrecy. There was little caring communication from groups like the CIA so the kids became wilder and sought relief from fear in drugs, alcohol and music. Yet...through it all God kept the balance of power and the bombs never went off.

Answer 2

There is no general arms race per se, throughout history societies have attempted to improve every form of technology they have, including arms. This probably began with cavemen improving from clubs to spears, and continues with UAVs and Missile Defense.

There have been specific arms races, such as for accurate balistic missiles and the best/most nuclear warheads. Each individual arms race has had separate -- and generally exagerated by popular culture and popular media -- effects on "us," whoever "us" may be.