and neither side wants to appear weak. the soviet union had something like 33,000 nuclear weapons. we had something like 22,000. way too many and way too scary. [crowd cheering] [reporter speaking russian] [tim, in english] the cold war was an existential struggle over the future of world civilization. and this is what makes this moment in history so dangerous, is you have both sides completely misunderstanding both the power of their adversary and the intentions of their adversary. [dramatic music playing]