nuclear arms

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He gives the example of Xi's trip to Moscow in 2023, in which China's president was reported to have urged Putin not to use nuclear arms in Ukraine.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Both leaders came with lofty goals, yet discussed methodical steps that included a 50 percent cut in strategic nuclear arms, with the ultimate target of abolishing the entire global nuclear stockpile by the year 2000.

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2026

"In terms of the current state and near future prospects of nuclear arms control architecture, things are bleak," she added.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

Mr. Sanger also suggests the National Security Strategy should have more to say about the prospect of an intensifying nuclear arms race, including the threat of orbital nuclear weapons in the relatively near future.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

But their pleas went unheeded; the prospect of a national strategic advantage galvanized both the U.S.S.R. and the United States, and the nuclear arms race began.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan