nuclear arms

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Another major issue for the two superpowers is artificial intelligence, where rivalry has been compared to a nuclear arms race and both sides are seeking channels of communication to avoid conflict.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Both leaders came with lofty goals, yet discussed methodical steps that included a 50 percent cut in strategic nuclear arms, with the ultimate target of abolishing the entire global nuclear stockpile by the year 2000.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

"In terms of the current state and near future prospects of nuclear arms control architecture, things are bleak," she added.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

Mr. Sanger also suggests the National Security Strategy should have more to say about the prospect of an intensifying nuclear arms race, including the threat of orbital nuclear weapons in the relatively near future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

A new kind of competition between Russia and the United States took shape that fall, a nuclear arms race that quickly raised the stakes of the Cold War to unforeseen and terrifying heights.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau