nuclear deterrence
91ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …
92Effects of the Cold War — Part of a series on the History of the Cold War Origins of the Cold War World War II …
93USS Triton (SSRN-586) — USS Triton (SSRN/SSN 586), a U.S. Navy nuclear powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of the Earth, accomplishing this during her shakedown cruise in early 1960. She also has the distinction… …
94Agni missile system — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name=Agni I/Agni II/Agni III/Agni IV caption= origin= IND type=Medium Range Ballistic Missile (Agni I) Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (Agni II, Agni III) Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (Agni IV) used by=… …
95Royal Navy — This article is about the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. For other Royal Navies, see Royal Navy (disambiguation). Royal Navy The naval ensign …
96Trident missile — Infobox Weapon is missile=yes name = Trident II image caption=The launch of a Trident II (D5) missile. type = SLBM vehicle range = Greater than 4,000 nautical miles (4,600 statute miles, or 7,360 km) filling = up to Eight W76/W88 yield = Up to… …
97Enoch Powell — Infobox Minister honorific prefix = The Right Honourable Brigadier name=Enoch Powell MBE office = Minister of Health term start =27 July 1960 term end = 18 October 1963 primeminister =Harold Macmillan predecessor = Derek Walker Smith successor =… …
98Launch on warning — is a nuclear strategy which came about during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. With the invention of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), it became an integral part of the concept of mutually assured… …
99List of missiles of Pakistan — On May 28, 1998, Pakistan became a nuclear power when it successfully carried out five nuclear tests at Chagai, in the province of Baluchistan. This was in direct response to five nuclear explosions by India, just two weeks earlier. Widely… …
100Second strike — In nuclear strategy, second strike capability is a country s assured ability to respond to a nuclear attack with powerful nuclear retaliation against the attacker. To have such an ability (and to convince the opponent of its viability) is… …
