arms race

noun

competition between countries to achieve superiority in quantity and quality of military arms.

arms race

the continuing competitive attempt by two or more nations each to have available to it more and more powerful weapons than the other(s)

First recorded in 1935–40

These stakes have created a financial arms race that almost certainly will make this election historically expensive.

Hypersonic weapons are the new arms race, with the United States, Russia, India and China all racing to develop them.

The latest in push button warfare, hypersonic weapons have launched a new arms race among the big powers—emphasis on the race.

He wrote at length about the dangers of the nuclear arms race.

Instead of shaming executives, we might see a political spending arms race.

The deadly arms race, and the huge resources it absorbs, have too long overshadowed all else we must do.

A further agreement to limit the strategic arms race may be achieved.

It's like an escalation in the arms race, and understandably, no one wants to disarm alone.

Deep down, the Soviets must know it's in their interest as well as ours to prevent a wasteful arms race.

Everyone knows elections have become too expensive, fueling a fund-raising arms race.

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