Exactly, because NATO saw them as a credible threat.
Our defense their threat
Maybe they were worried about being invaded again by countries that had all invaded them over the last 30 years: France, US, Britain, Germany, the last of which killed 26 million soviet citizens, 1/6th of their population.
Our defense their threat
Maybe they were worried about being invaded again by countries that had all invaded them over the last 30 years: France, US, Britain, Germany, the last of which killed 26 million soviet citizens, 1/6th of their population.