Sentences with phrase «nuclear arsenal used»

Not exact matches

At least seven immense, interdependent threats to the quality of life on spaceship earth continue to escalate: the population explosion; the widening gulf between rich and poor nations; massive malnutrition (caused mainly by economic injustice, which produces maldistribution of available food); environmental pollution and degradation; the depletion of the irreplaceable resources of our finite planet; the growing threat of nuclear terrorism and eventual holocaust (with the equivalent of one and a half million Hiroshima - sized bombs in the arsenals of the world); and the worldwide tendency for the fruits of science and technology to be used without ethical responsibility.

Assuming that decision - makers make cost - benefit analyses when deciding to use force, China's doctrine calls for acquiring a nuclear arsenal only large enough to destroy an adversary's «strategic points» in such a way that the expected costs of a first strike outweigh the anticipated benefits.

It is the justification virtually every nuclear state uses for maintaining nuclear arsenals, including the UK.

Multiple cameras capable of recording 2,400 frames per second covered each blast, creating a highly technical record of the U.S. nuclear arsenal — and a visual deterrent against its use.

Throughout its history, Centrus has been committed to the reduction of Cold War nuclear arsenals through the recycling of highly enriched uranium from nuclear warheads into low - enriched uranium to be used in fuel for commercial nuclear power plants.

The exhibition also touched on both consumerism (Clive Barker's Blue Coke) and anti-consumerism (Mario Schifano's Propaganda): contrasting messages that are inherent in Colin Self's Hot Dog 5 from 1964, which uses the staple of the hot dog in U.S. fast - food culture as a metaphor to comment on Amercia's expanding nuclear arsenal.