arms control
Americannoun
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any plan, treaty, or agreement to limit the number, size, or type of weapons or armed forces of the participating nations.
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the measures taken to limit the weapons systems or armed forces.
Example Sentences
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Washington has been frustrated by signs Beijing is quickly expanding its arsenal and rebuffing its efforts to discuss arms control.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The State Department urged China to "engage in meaningful arms control discussions and commit to a regularized notification arrangement for all intercontinental-range ballistic missile and space launches."
From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026
You don’t even necessarily need new treaties, just agreements on notifications, and agreements to continue to abide by arsenal limits that were in previous arms control agreements.
From Salon ● Jun. 15, 2026
If talks ultimately resume between Washington and Beijing on AI, experts believe the negotiations would be far more complex than those that resulted in arms control agreements governing nuclear weapons in the Cold War.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
Today, arms control agreements have lowered the global nuclear stockpile to about thirteen thousand, mostly in the hands of Russia and the United States.
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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