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- Dictionarynu·cle·ar thresh·old/ˈno͞oklir/
noun
- 1. a point in a conflict at which nuclear weapons are or would be brought into use.
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Nuclear latency or a nuclear threshold state is the condition of a country possessing the technology to quickly build nuclear weapons, without having actually yet done so.
Apr 21, 2018 · Crossing the nuclear threshold is a dangerous act with dire consequences that between nuclear weapons powers, mean mutual destruction. How was this “red line” established? Early on in the nuclear age in 1948, the United Nations Commission for Conventional Armaments (CCA) created an authoritative definition of Weapons of Mass ...
A nuclear-threshold state is a country that possesses both the technical capabilities and fissile material needed to make a nuclear weapon.
Apr 26, 2018 · The concept of nuclear thresholds, those associated with decisions both to acquire nuclear weapons and to use them, is developed and situated in the existing nuclear literature; and the unique contributions of turning a sociocultural analytic lens to the question of nuclear decisionmaking are explored.
Jan 18, 2010 · “Nuclear threshold states”—those that have chosen nuclear restraint despite having significant nuclear capabilities—seem like the perfect partners for the reinvigorated drive toward global nuclear disarmament.
Apr 18, 2018 · How can it be that new Russian low-yield nuclear weapons lower the nuclear threshold, while new US low-yield nuclear weapons raise it? In nuclear weapons policy, under the right circumstances, ambiguity can be good, accruing benefits while avoiding costs.
May 23, 2024 · Iran is overtly inching closer to the possession of nuclear weapons, but thus far has refrained from crossing the line. Crucially, Iranian officials are already acting and speaking as if Iran has a threshold nuclear capability, claiming that they possess all the needed technical elements for nuclear weapons.
