nuclear arms race

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• Nuclear arms race — United States and USSR/Russia nuclear stockpiles Nuclear weapons …   Wikipedia

• arms race — n [C usually singular] the competition between different countries to have a larger number of powerful weapons ▪ the nuclear arms race …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Arms race — The term arms race, in its original usage, describes a competition between two or more parties for real or apparent military supremacy. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, or superior military technology in a …   Wikipedia

• arms race — noun a competition between nations to have the most powerful armaments • Hypernyms: ↑race * * * competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms. [1935 40] * * * arms race noun Competition among… …   Useful english dictionary

• arms race — noun (countable usually singular) the attempt by different countries to produce powerful weapons: the nuclear arms race …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty — Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Participation in the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear warfare — Nuclear War redirects here. For other uses, see Nuclear War (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric Ancie …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear weapons and the United States — United States Nuclear program start date 21 October 1939 First nuclear weapon test 16 July 1945 …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear disarmament — United States and USSR/Russian nuclear weapons stockpiles, 1945 2006. These numbers include warheads not actively deployed, including those on reserve status or scheduled for dismantlement. Stockpile totals do not necessarily reflect nuclear… …   Wikipedia

• arms control — 1. any plan, treaty, or agreement to limit the number, size, or type of weapons or armed forces of the participating nations. 2. the measures taken to limit the weapons systems or armed forces. * * * Limitation of the development, testing,… …   Universalium

• Nuclear freeze — The nuclear freeze was a proposed agreement between the world s nuclear powers, primarily the United States and the then Soviet Union, to freeze all production of new nuclear arms and to leave levels of nuclear armament where they currently were …   Wikipedia