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A war between nations that does not escalate to troops fighting one another is a 'cold' war. In the cold war, the Soviet Union and the United States were fighting each other by threatening with more powerful weapons, placing strong defensive troops on borders, and the diplomatic climate was 'cold' between the two.

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