美苏军事家和战略家认为:“当今世界上连绵不断的战争,均属于常规战争。”但是,美苏两国准备打一场核战争,却是由来已久的事了。长期以来,美苏两国不惜巨资,争相发展自己的核力量,进行核军备竟赛,争夺核优势,准备核战争,形成了各阶段的核战争的战略思想。美苏历届政府首脑都很重视核武器的发展,虽然军事战略几经演变,但是准备打一场核战争的思想却始终没有放弃。他们先是宣扬“核武器制胜”,搞核垄断,以后又是“相互确保摧毁”,搞核均势。里根上台以后,对美国的核战略又进行了较大的调整,强调“实战”核战略,提出了星球大战计划,苏联也作出了积极的反映。总之,他们都认为,“未来战争可能是 US and Soviet military strategists and strategists think: “The continuous war in the world today belongs to the conventional war.” However, it is a long-standing event that the United States and the Soviet Union are ready to fight a nuclear war. For a long time, the United States and the Soviet Union have made tremendous efforts to develop their nuclear forces, conduct nuclear arms race, compete for nuclear superiority, prepare for nuclear war, and formed the strategic thinking of nuclear war at all stages. The heads of government of the United States and the Soviet Union all attach great importance to the development of nuclear weapons. Although the military strategy has evolved several times, the thought of preparing to wage a nuclear war has never been abandoned. They first advocated “winning a nuclear weapon,” engaging in a nuclear monopoly, and later “ensuring each other to destroy” and engaging in nuclear balance. After Reagan came to power, the United States made a big readjustment of its nuclear strategy. He emphasized the “actual combat” nuclear strategy, proposed the plan of a Star wars, and the Soviet Union also made a positive response. All in all, they all agree that "the future war may be