Sentences with phrase «strike nuclear capability»

No country that lacks a secure second - strike nuclear capability can deter — or even resist coercion by — a country that possesses such a capability.

The government's rhetoric is no more convincing in this case than in its dubbing of missiles of first - strike nuclear capability as «Peacekeepers.»

The Minuteman is a Boeing (ba) product that has been the backbone of the U.S.'s first - strike nuclear capability for the last 45 years.

Not exact matches

India is also ramping up its nuclear and conventional deterrence against China by testing long - range missiles, raising a mountain strike corps for the border with China, enhancing submarine capabilities and basing its first squadron of French - made Rafale fighter jets near that border.

It has been speculated for some time that a Nuclear War between Russia and the United States would not likely start with one side surprising the other with a total launch (for one thing, it takes a few hours / days to properly fuel all of Russia's ICBMs... they not only by internal policy only have second strike capability... they also actually only have it.

But even the No - dong could strike cities in South Korea and Japan, and some security analysts believe that North Korea has the capability to fit one with a nuclear weapon.