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21RAF Bomber Command — Infobox Military Unit unit name = Bomber Command caption = Bomber Command badge. start date = 14 July 1936 country = United Kingdom branch = Royal Air Force type = role = Strategic bombing size = command structure = garrison = 1936 40: RAF… …
22Deterrence theory — This article is about deterrent theories of punishment. For legal theory of justice, see Deterrence (legal). Deterrence theory gained increased prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons, and… …
23Nuclear proliferation — World map with nuclear weapons development status represented by color.   Five nuclear weapons states from the NPT …
24First strike — In nuclear strategy, a first strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country s ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country… …
25B-1 Lancer — Infobox Aircraft name = B 1 Lancer type = Strategic bomber national origin = United States manufacturer = North American Rockwell Rockwell International Boeing caption = A B 1B Lancer in flight. designer = first flight = 23 December 1974… …
26international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
27Iraq Resolution — and Iraq War Resolution are popular names for the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002, [http://www.c span.org/resources/pdf/hjres114.pdf Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002]… …
28nuclear weapon — an explosive device whose destructive potential derives from the release of energy that accompanies the splitting or combining of atomic nuclei. [1945 50] * * * or atomic weapon or thermonuclear weapon Bomb or other warhead that derives its force …
29CIA transnational activities in counterproliferation — This article deals with activities of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, specifically dealing with arms control, weapons of mass destruction (WMD) and weapons proliferation. It attempts to look at the process of tasking and analyzing, rather… …
30Chevaline — For other uses, see Chevaline (disambiguation). Chevaline Penetration Aid Carrier (PAC) on display at the Bristol Aero Collection [1] at RAF Kemble The warheads lay in recesses on the left and right of the bus, which are not obvious in this image …
