The flexible response policy increased the military budget. how do you think this affected the nuclear arms race?

First if all remember that the flexible policy was created as an strategy to calls for a reaction that can be easily modified to respond to war circumstances. This means the government is giving more power to the arms race because this strategy is not only limited to enhance nuclear arms but any weapon. Of course that budget is not going to be used for many other rograms as agriculture or health which are also important.