strategic arms
Long-range military arsenals
Strategic arms are weapons designed for large-scale military objectives rather than battlefield tactics—typically nuclear missiles, long-range bombers, and submarines capable of striking an enemy's homeland.
The term dominates arms control discussions: strategic arms reduction treaties, strategic arms limitations.
Distinguished from tactical weapons, which are meant for use in direct combat situations.
- atomic bombFission-triggered mass destruction device
- hydrogen bombThermonuclear fusion weapon
- nuclear winterWartime cooling catastrophe
- neutron bombWarhead maximizing radiation output
- cold warHostility without open fighting
stealth bomber · cruise missile · tactical nuclear weapon · test ban · enriched uranium · missile silo · treaty violation · warhead · first strike · nuclear-free zones · MAD · ICBM · nonproliferation · nuclear triad · mutually assured destruction
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Arms for specific operations
conventional weapons · conventional arms · small arms · light weapons · infantry weapons
strategic armsconventional weapons
Non-WMD military equipment
conventional arms · small arms · rifles · sidearms · hand grenades
strategic armsdefensive systems
Countermeasures against threats
missile defense · civil defense · early warning systems · bomb shelters
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