One goal of both the United States and the USSR during the arms race was to

develop more powerful armies.

be the first to launch a missile.

build more destructive weapons.

develop the first nuclear bomb.

Option: build more destructive weapons.

Explanation:

After World War II, the conflict began between the democratic and communist countries. The dispute started when the Soviet Union successfully experimented its first atomic bomb in 1946. The success of a nuclear weapon explosion shocked the world because they never know the Soviet is so close. Thus, the arms race began between the United States and the Soviet, known as the Cold War. Both countries spent billions of money trying to make huge piles of nuclear weapons to show their strength.

Build more destructive weapons

Explanation:

This was an ARMS race. The nuke was already invented, missiles have already been launched, and they weren't focused on armies