...tures, emphasized deterring a nuclear attack with massive retaliation (see nuclear strategy), despite critics who advocated additional expenditures on convent
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...ntainer"><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/13/world/asia/north-korea-
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...anctions on <strong>North Korea</strong> to try to curb its development of
nuclear arms and ballistic missiles has long stalled in the face of Chinese opposit
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...ran, Iraq and North Korea as members of an "axis of evil" whose pursuit of weapons of mass destruction makes them a threat to world peace.
...what it says is the threat of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's pursuit of weapons of mass destruction and terrorist ties. (Those assertions are later discred
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...been at the forefront of utilizing satellite imagery to monitor worldwide weapons facilities.
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the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development,
agreements on biological weapons, chemical weapons, civil aviation, counterterrorism,
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...and inflation. The proportion of the economy devoted to the development of weapons of mass destruction and military spending overall remains a contentious iss
...weapons of mass destruction (WMD) acquisition efforts, particularly in the nuclear field, where the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been strongl
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...he [[US Navy]], which loads ships with munitions at the [[Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station]] to the north of the main channel.
...Center is likely to be first-strike target for ground-burst thermonuclear weapons. Huntington Beach also includes a very large Boeing installation, which is
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...iki/South_Africa" TARGET="_blank" <sup>[2]</sup></a> The rationale for the nuclear arsenal is disputed, but it is believed that Vorster and P.W. Botha wanted
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...S was an economic one. The expense of the electronic package married to a nuclear plant could not remain fiscally viable in the tight budgets of the late 197
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...e End of the Arms Race'', a comprehensive examination of the phenomenon of nuclear winter.
...tates Air Force|US Air Force]] operation whose purpose was to explode an [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] on Earth's Moon.
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...bya announced that it had agreed to reveal and end its programs to develop weapons of mass destruction and to renounce terrorism, and QADHAFI has made signifi
...s Libya announced in December 2003 that it would abandon programs to build weapons of mass destruction. Almost all US unilateral sanctions against Libya were
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...l ballistic missles in the national arsenal. Jackson's support for nuclear weapons resulted in a primary challenge from the left in 1958, when he handily defe
...ing" because of his consistent support for additional military spending on weapons systems and accusations of wrongful contributions from the company; in 1965
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...s for military inventions during times of peace. In White Sands, they test weapons.
...ortant aspects of New Mexico's economy are scientific research such as the nuclear energy research carried out at Sandia National Laboratories and mining of n
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...cover from the Depression. Factories were busy making parts for airplanes, weapons and ships. World War II ends with 6,255 American servicemen from Minnesota
...lls, was the first Super Computer. It was used by the military to simulate nuclear explosions and break Soviet codes. These computers also were used to model
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...nd the military coup of 1999. Pakistan has remained a non-signatory of the Nuclear non-Proliferation Treaty. The events of September 11, 2001, and Pakistan's
...8 dipped to 4.1% annually. Economic reform also was set back by Pakistan's nuclear tests in May 1998, and the subsequent economic sanctions imposed by the G-7
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...rliest materials shaped or treated by fire, for making artifacts such as [[weapons]], [[pottery]], [[bricks]], and [[cement]]. Continuing improvements led to
[[Image:Doel Kerncentrale.JPG|thumb|Nuclear reactor, [[Doel]], [[Belgium]]]][[Economics]] can be said to have arrived o
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...the threat of nuclear weapons being launched from close range. Because the weapons were in such proximity, the U.S. might have been unable to retaliate if the
...tioned in Turkey. Following this crisis, which brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any point before or since, Kennedy was more cautious in confron
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...ing the [[Cold War]], made [[Nuclear weapons and the United States|nuclear weapons]] a higher defense priority, launched the [[Space Race]], enlarged the [[So
...er_and_Nukes.pdf Essay: Why the Eisenhower administration embraced nuclear weapons (PDF)]
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...lor="#ffffff" | ''fossil fuel:'' 8.3% <br />''hydro:'' 82.7% <br />''nuclear:'' 4.4% <br />''other:'' 4.6% (2001)
...sshipments between Peru and Colombia; upsurge in drug-related violence and weapons smuggling; important market for Colombian, Bolivian, and Peruvian cocaine;
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...ccupation = [[Politician]], [[peanut]] [[farmer]], [[Nuclear engineering|nuclear engineer]], [[sailor]]
...Hyman G. Rickover]] for the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy's]] fledgling [[nuclear submarine]] program. Rickover's demands were legendary, and Carter later sa
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