nuclear parity
collocation in Englishmeaningsofnuclearandparity
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nuclear
adjective
uk/ˈnjuː.klɪər/us/ˈnuː.kliː.ɚ/
being or using the power produced when the nucleus of an atom is divided or joined to ...
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parity
noun[U]
uk/ˈpær.ə.ti/us/ˈper.ə.t̬i/
equality, especially of pay ...
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(Definition ofnuclearandparityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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There has beennuclearparitysince 1957.
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Concurrently, the arrival ofnuclearparitywill make it dangerous, as well as politically unattractive, to consider the nuclear deterrent as the only credible response, even to a conventional attack.
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This is certainly notnuclearparity.
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At this point it might be observed that the notion of exactnuclearparity, or equality, which still seems to be insisted on by both sides is a logical absurdity.
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It was also responsible for the arms race, as both nations struggled to keepnuclearparity, or at least retain second-strike capability.
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First,nuclearparityhas come very much nearer.
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He spoke of thenuclearparityand called for a full debate on the flexible response.
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Then we have seen a movement towardsnuclearparity.
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There is now parity, and a "trip-wire" strategy when there isnuclearparityis obviously no longer as credible as it was before.
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It must indeed have become obvious by now that there is no sense in nuclear preponderance or, for that matter, innuclearparity.
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He moved through the phrases which have been used in the past—balance of forces,nuclearparityand deterrent—and used a new phrase, nuclear equipoise.
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I was saying that this disparity exists at a time when we have moved into a period ofnuclearparity.
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We cannot go back to a strategy of massive retaliation at a time ofnuclearparity.
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In a situation of strategicnuclearparity, that implies mutual assured destruction.
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So-callednuclearparityis therefore a nonsense as such.
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There is now, or there soon will be, strategicnuclearparitybetween the two sides.
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They optimistically say that there is nownuclearparitybetween the groups.
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But it has also meant that because ofnuclearparitythere is perhaps a greater risk of local wars.
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However, in an age ofnuclearparity, whoever gets his blow in first is likely to remain master of the field.
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However, the problem today is a good deal more complicated, because it is worldwide and because ofnuclearparity, than it was then.
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