The superpowers needed military alliances with smaller countries due to the following reasons: (i) To gain access to vital resources, such as oil and minerals. (ii) To gain access to territory, from where the superpowers could launch their weapons and troops. ... It was an ideological war between the superpowers.

Why did superpowers need any allies explain four reasons?

Four reasons are: 1)to gain access to vital resources such as oil and minerals. 2)to gain access to territory from where the super powers could launch their weapons and troops. 3)to gain access to locations from where they could spy on each other.

Why do we need superpowers?

A superpower also draws its power from a superior economy, as well as the capacity to influence other states and international institutions (soft power). Superpowers conceive of their own interests in global terms and directly shape world events.