nuclear arms

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"The prospects of a new nuclear arms race are looming over us."

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

In the second half of the 20th Century, it was the race to develop nuclear arms that occupied some of the finest minds in the US and the Soviet Union.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 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

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

We have reached the point where proliferation of nuclear arms and resistance to nuclear disarmament threaten every person on the planet.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan