ARMS RACE Definition & Meaning

arms race

noun

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

arms race

noun

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

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of arms race¹

First recorded in 1935–40

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Israel's operation could still backfire, triggering a nuclear arms race.

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The security alliance has repeatedly drawn criticism from China, with Beijing's foreign ministry saying it risked creating an arms race.

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It accused Washington of being "hell-bent... to militarise outer space" and warned that the plan might spark "a global nuclear and space arms race".

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Prof Matisek believes "Israel's technical assistance, supplying Harop and Heron drones, has been pivotal for India, while Pakistan's reliance on Turkish and Chinese platforms highlights an ongoing arms race".

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They had come from the US, which one expert describes as a "supermarket" feeding an arms race among gangs that have brought chaos to the Caribbean island nation.

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