Sentences with phrase «of nuclear weapons»

How can we justify the assumption that we should, at a given point in a military conflict, initiate the use of nuclear weapons in order to avoid a conventional defeat?

The proliferation of nuclear weapons in all of these countries is of grave concern.

The amount of carbon - 14 in the atmosphere peaked in 1962 just before the introduction of an international ban on surface testing of nuclear weapons.

A prohibition on investment in companies involved in the development of nuclear weapons could also be in the text.

This is true of our dependence on oil, the consequences of climate change, the threat of epidemic disease, and the spread of nuclear weapons.

And we are all frightened at the prospect of the use of nuclear weapons by terrorists against innocent civilian populations.

We now need a brave and forward looking government that will act to deliver a world free of nuclear weapons.

If everyone got rid of their nuclear weapons would be that any state could secretly build nuclear weapons use them to bully other states around.

Everyone will suddenly realize that only possession of nuclear weapons can really defend them.

Due to its properties, it is extensively used in nuclear power reactors and in the production of nuclear weapons.

The greatest objection to the spread of nuclear technology and power reactors to developing countries, however, is that it will increase the risks of nuclear weapons proliferation.

For while it might be true that most of today's great powers boast an arsenal of nuclear weapons, military hardware is far from the only measure of national strength and influence.

The two leaders pledged in a joint statement to rid their peninsula of nuclear weapons, but didn't identify any specific new measures to achieve that.

The first of these is the issue of nuclear weapons.

Our standards emphasize three key issues — corruption, democratic governance and the dangers of nuclear weapons proliferation.

Of the 31 countries that possess nuclear power plants, we have identified five where the acquisition of nuclear weapons would radically impact relations with their regional neighbors and global powers.

So, too, must the current problems of nuclear weapons dependency.

All states had a stake in the negotiations because of the trans - border nature of the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons.

The biggest risk for this world and this country is nuclear weapons, the power of nuclear weapons.

The wide - ranging discussion touched on everything from the need for grid - scale energy storage to the future of nuclear weapons.

It is about our environment, about the destruction of nuclear weapons.

However the maintenance of nuclear weapons was not questioned.

The couple you mention were executed because the sketches they sent were of nuclear weapon designs.

In the universal network we can not accept the presence of nuclear weapons because even a small change can trigger it.

But if I was asked to vote in favour of nuclear weapons, I couldn't do that.

The entire history of nuclear weapons is filled with scientists considering the future using science fiction as a prompt.

A halt in producing the essential ingredients of nuclear weapons would be easy to verify.

The real function of nuclear weapons today is political.

In other words, if the launch is unsuccessful, the rocket could explode with the force of a nuclear weapon.

This is the central fact which lies at the root of the insanity of nuclear weapons.

Most countries agree that the mere existence of nuclear weapons is especially dangerous.

It is important to understand the underlying technology and politics of nuclear weapons deals.

The ban treaty, if it is adopted, will most likely be made up of a relatively short text declaring the use, possession, and transfer of nuclear weapons unlawful.

He has been working on a mission to track down the location of some nuclear weapons.

By placing human security at the centre of these discussions, the humanitarian initiative created new space to consider the prohibition of nuclear weapons.

That alone can not be the basis for a ban — and outside of nuclear weapons, efforts to ban weapon technology for stability reasons are been ineffective.

Will competitive forces «more powerful than any human decision» once again drive us toward use of nuclear weapons and ultimate disaster?

Reading this question: Why don't all countries attempt to get rid of all nuclear weapons?

I grew up understanding the danger of nuclear weapons.

The world has a seventy year history of shunning the use of nuclear weapons as war fighting tools.

-- IRD note: Maybe 1.4 % of a global stock bubble — but that's like saying a small nuclear bomb in the hands of a madman is just 1.4 % of the total stockpile of nuclear weapons.

It's Friday, and that means a fresh update on the total number of nuclear weapons owned in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.