During the Cold War arms race, the nuclear threat to the existence of the United States was the one need that did justify this cost in the view of the United States Congress.
Ipak tijekom hladnoratovske utrke u naoružanju nuklearna prijetnja samom postojanju Sjedinjenih Država bila je upravo ona potreba koja je u očima Kongresa SAD-a opravdavala ovaj trošak.