Nuclear Arsenal in a sentence

They continue to progress towards increasing their nuclear arsenal or the material to increase their nuclear arsenal.

South Africa developed a small nuclear arsenal in the 1980s but disassembled them in the early 1990s, making it the only country to have fully given up an independently developed nuclear weapons arsenal.

That had led to calls in South Korea for Washington to give Seoul more say in the nuclear deterrent offered by the alliance, with some Korean experts advocating for nuclear-sharing or even the development of South Korea’s own nuclear arsenal.

He continued to find support from the U.S. government and military research establishment, particularly for his advocacy for nuclear energy development, a strong nuclear arsenal, and a vigorous nuclear testing program.

In this context, Russia’s nuclear arsenal—which is on a par with the U.S. arsenal—is a key component of Moscow’s leverage with Washington.

An added complication has been the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s statement of 2022, although the primary mission of his country’s nuclear arsenal is to deter an attack, he would use nuclear weapons to repel an attack if deterrence failed.

China is also expanding its nuclear arsenal and North Korea has recently stoked fears of a new nuclear test with a barrage of missile launches.

In the Budapest Memorandum, Ukraine, being the world’s third-largest nuclear arsenal, agreed to relocate its nuclear weapons to Russia for dismantlement in exchange for respect for its sovereignty.

Kim reportedly requested an “exponential” expansion of Pyongyang’s nuclear arsenal, calling for the mass production of tactical nukes and the creation of new missiles for nuclear counterattacks.

Meanwhile, Biden continues his predecessors’ program of the nuclear arsenal, instead of trying to eliminate it in accord with the aim of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Russian strategic nuclear weapons might be deployed to Belarus along with part of Russia’s tactical nuclear arsenal, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Friday.

Barring such an outcome, as Zelensky outlined, only one option remains: developing Ukraine’s own nuclear arsenal and returning it to the role of a nuclear power that it gave up some three decades ago.

Its main provisions are in line with the principled position of Kazakhstan, which has taken an ambitious path of becoming a leader in nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation after being a one-time holder of the world's fourth nuclear arsenal.

His withdrawal from the Iran nuclear accord this month added pressure since North Korea – which possesses a sizable nuclear arsenal and intercontinental ballistic missiles, while Iran had none – presented a far greater challenge and threat.

But it is the growth and modernization of China's nuclear arsenal and its assistance with Pakistan's nuclear power programme and, reportedly, with missile technology, which exacerbate Indian concerns.

South Africa undertook a nuclear weapons program, but has since renounced it and signed the treaty in 1991 after destroying its small nuclear arsenal ; after this, the remaining African countries signed the treaty.

While maintenance of the U.S. nuclear arsenal was considered above average in importance, there was widespread support for a reduction in the stockpile, and very little support for developing and testing new nuclear weapons.

At last year's year-end party meeting, Kim had called "for an exponential increase of the country's nuclear arsenal".

Kim’s comments indicated once again that North Korea will likely tests to modernize its nuclear arsenal for the time being.

Kim vowed to launch three new spy satellites in 2024, build more military drones, and boost its nuclear arsenal, which analysts estimate could already include 20 to 60 warheads, if not more.