arms limitation
Military restraint treaty
Arms limitation refers to agreements or policies restricting military weapons—their quantity, type, or deployment.
The term usually appears in international contexts: arms limitation talks, arms limitation treaty.
Unlike disarmament, which aims to eliminate weapons, arms limitation seeks to cap or reduce them to agreed levels.
The concept gained prominence during Cold War negotiations between superpowers.
- disarmamentReducing or eliminating weapons
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- nuclear weaponsExplosive devices using fission
- missilesSelf-propelled guided weapons
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- Arms Treatiesdisarmament, weapons ban, weapon bans, cluster munitions, cluster bombs
- Naval Diplomacycapital ships, diplomatic talks
- Peace TreatiesTreaty of Versailles, Treaty of Paris, Versailles Treaty, peace accord, Treaty of Westphalia
- chemical weaponsmustard gas, nerve agents, sarin, nerve agent, VX
- Nuclear-Free Zonesnuclear-free, nuclear ban, denuclearization
- war lawGeneva Conventions, laws of war, Hague Conventions, humanitarian law, military protocol
arms limitationarms race
Escalating weapons accumulation between nations
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