Cold War Equilibrium

I'd assume it was either at the very beginning (1946-46) or in the 1970's. but I have no real evidence to back that up.
 
militarily? I think NATO consistently closed the conventional gap as time went on,and the WP did the same with nuclear weapons.

Its probably somewhere around the late sixties/early to mid 70s. After the US has lost the ability to wipe out the USSR without suffering fatal damage itself,but before the Soviet rotted too much.
 

tenthring

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The 1970s were probably the most trying time for NATO versus the USSR. Not just militarily, but in the economies and polities backing up those militaries.
 

Cook

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At what point of the Cold War, were the strengths of the USSR and the US the closest?

The Soviet strategic forces achieved parity with the United States in the mid-1970s. That is a somewhat crude measure since the US nuclear weapons, strategic and tactical, were more accurate, and the Soviets compensated by equipping their missiles with warheads of higher yield. Soviet conventional land forces in Europe were significantly larger throughout the Cold War, but inferior in training, tactical doctrine, and logistics support, while the United States Navy dominated the marine environment throughout the Cold War.
 
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