arms control

noun

1. any plan, treaty, or agreement to limit the number, size, or type of weapons or armed forces of the participating nations.

2. the measures taken to limit the weapons systems or armed forces.

Example Sentences

“Bilateral arms control deals with Moscow alone won’t cut it. It is not the 1970s anymore.”

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Moreover, he concluded that using such weapons of unimaginable destructive power without sufficient military justification would severely undermine American credibility in future arms control efforts.

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"The arms control thing is a red herring. There is no arms control to be had with North Korea. We've tried arms control," he said.

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We should face the realities of the U.S. government’s role in fueling such ominous trends, in part by dismantling key arms control agreements.

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Historian Lawrence S. Wittner, author of “Confronting the Bomb,” warned in July that “Trump was far less interested in arms control and disarmament than in entering ― and winning ― a new nuclear arms race.”

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