the 'cold war'

The ‘Cold War’ between the US and the USSR is an example of information warfare. The emphasis was not on physical damage and firing physical missiles, it was more on propaganda, espionage and uncovering military secrets. Perhaps the highlight of the effect of the ‘cold war’ was the space race. As President Kennedy has admitted, the challenge to be first to put a man on the moon was driven out of a desire to be ‘seen as superior’ to the Russians. Notably, the Russians turned their attention to other space quests once the Apollo team landed on the moon in 1969.