a. The item quot strategic forces quot covers nuclear deterrent resources

The CFAS is one of the two pillars of the French nuclear deterrent.

At one stage, South Africa did, indeed, develop a limited nuclear deterrent capability.

It presumes that the United States will sustain a safe, secure, and effective nuclear deterrent as long as nuclear weapons exist.

Its detection capabilities already represent a significant deterrent to any would be testers of nuclear weapons.

As long as some countries placed strategic reliance on nuclear weapons as a deterrent, other countries would emulate them.

Japan officially endorses the objective of a non nuclear world, but it relies on America s extended nuclear deterrent, and wants to avoid being subject to nuclear blackmail from North Korea (or China).

The nuclear weapon States are trying to legalize the possession of nuclear weapons on the pretext that nuclear weapons are the means of pre emptive attack and retaliation and a war deterrent.

By providing a solid and dependable foundation for containing nuclear proliferation, it has served as the primary legal and political deterrent for the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

As long as such a hostile policy continues, the self defensive nuclear deterrent means will likewise continue to be strengthened.

Although experts have disputed the capacity of America s BMDS, Russian leaders remain convinced that it could seriously undermine Russia s nuclear deterrent.

Too many observers forget that China s nuclear force is a deterrent only far too small to be a first strike force.

Furthermore, President Clinton proposed submission of United States fissile material no longer needed as a nuclear deterrent to inspection by the IAEA.

Joint Russian US expert studies regarding how BMD might affect Russia s nuclear deterrent and what steps can be taken to minimize any problems

The State President confirmed that South Africa had at one stage developed a limited nuclear deterrent capability but had subsequently dismantled and destroyed all the nuclear devices before acceding to the NPT.

Even if a strike was an operational success, it would only set back Iran s nuclear program by several years while giving the regime a new incentive to acquire a nuclear deterrent and build better hidden and defended nuclear facilities.

France, uniquely in Western Europe, built its own independent nuclear deterrent, and has been a champion of creating a European military capacity outside NATO.

Explaining the reason why they voted against or abstained from voting on the resolutions, they said quot a total ban on the use of nuclear weapons is incompatible with nuclear deterrent quot and it quot might destroy the nuclear equilibrium quot .

The Iranian authorities consistently replied that they were not seeking nuclear weapons as a deterrent to the United States, and instead emphasize the creation of a nuclear arms free zone in the Middle East.

Without a nuclear deterrent, his regime was helpless when the US reneged on the deal a lesson that has not been lost on North Korea.

American officials stress that they will not try to negate Russia s strategic deterrent an impossible effort, given the size and sophistication of Russian s offensive nuclear forces.

In these circumstances a nuclear deterrent had become, not only superfluous, but in fact an obstacle to the development of South Africa apos s international relations.

Tidings containing a deterrent have come to them

Tidings containing a deterrent have come to them

The purpose behind China s continuous modernization of its strategic assets is to enhance the credibility of its deterrent threat by improving the survivability of its nuclear forces.

The objective was the provision of seven nuclear fission devices, which was considered the minimum for testing purposes and for the maintenance thereafter of credible deterrent capability

Indeed, many in Russia worry that a US attack against Russia s nuclear deterrent and other defense assets that relies on America s growing stock of long range, precision guided conventional weapons would be as devastating as a nuclear strike.

Based on that doubt, France a nuclear power since 1960 withdrew in 1966 from the Alliance s permanent centralized military command in order to assert its own deterrent capability.

Obama has publicly said he intends to push for a comprehensive test ban treaty, a treaty that India opposes because it feels its own nuclear deterrent remains incomplete.

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And there came to them news containing a deterrent .

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to initiating a trilateral dialogue is Chinese resistance to formal nuclear arms control agreements, which is rooted in the memory of Cold War era nonproliferation initiatives aimed partly at preventing China from developing its own nuclear deterrent.

Logic propounded by the North Korean regime is shared by Washington, London, and Paris a nuclear armed state seeking to guarantee the security of its citizens must retain a credible deterrent so long as others continue to possess nuclear weapons.

The outdated thinking which justified the possession of nuclear weapons as a deterrent to war remained unchanged, and the nuclear Powers had not expressed their political will to abolish those weapons unconditionally in accordance with the demands of a new era.

Moreover, abolitionists assail the deterrent effect of the death penalty.

Consequently, reimbursements have been minimal and the deterrent effect nil.

After all, the current strategy has not really worked either as a deterrent against conventional attacks (which persisted throughout the years that Israel supposedly developed its nuclear arsenal) or as a warning to rivals (such as Iran) against developing a nuclear weapon.

But Russian leaders are skeptical about the true objectives of a shield, believing that it would undermine Russia s security by curtailing the retaliatory (and thus deterrent) capacity of its nuclear missiles.

According to Iranian authorities, NATO s system is designed to neutralize Iran s deterrent capacity vis à vis Israel, thereby increasing the likelihood of an Israeli or US strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.

In a world where more people like Vanunu were desperately needed, above all in nuclear weapon States violating their article VI obligations, such a clear deterrent message should not go unchallenged.

A deterrent that is too dangerous to invoke would lack credibility.

Doubts about the confidentiality of the process are a further deterrent.

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The third analogy is reflected in Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert s recent references to Israel s nuclear deterrent, which may have been a mistake, but probably indicate the evolution of Israeli strategic thinking.

Yet some states view such weapons as a status symbol, and some view them as offering the ultimate deterrent against nuclear attack, which largely accounts for the estimated 26,000 that still exist.