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| Year | = | Year of observation (1960-1984) |
| SDH | = | CIA high estimate of Soviet defense expenditures |
| SDL | = | CIA low estimate of Soviet defense expenditures |
| USD | = | real U.S. defense expenditures (billions of 1980 dollars) |
| SGNP | = | real Soviet GNP (billions of 1970 rubles) |
| SW | = | number of Soviet nuclear warheads |
| USW | = | number of U.S. nuclear warheads |
Source: Brada, Josef C. and Ronald L. Graves (1988). "The Slowdown in Soviet Defense Expenditures." Southern Economic Journal. vol. 54, no. 4. April. pp. 969-984.