nuclearization

nu·cle·ar·ize

 (no͞o′klē-ə-rīz′, nyo͞o′-)
tr.v. nu·cle·ar·ized, nu·cle·ar·iz·ing, nu·cle·ar·iz·es
To supply with nuclear weapons or deploy nuclear weapons in: nuclearize outer space.

nu′cle·ar·i·za′tion (-ə-rĭ-zā′shən) n.
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nuclearization

(ˌnjuːklɪəraɪˈzeɪʃən) or

nuclearisation

n
1. (Military) military the acquisition by a nation, or supplying to a nation, of nuclear weapons
2. (Sociology) sociol the reorganization of a family unit into 'nuclear' form
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He warned that unresolved Kashmir dispute would be a threat to global peace after the nuclearization of the South Asian region.
The first of those two mistakes is the overt nuclearization of South Asia when India went nuclear in 1998; the second is the most recent air strike, on 26 February 2019, against contrived 'terror hideouts' deep inside Pakistan.
India had set an irreversible, irreconcilable and irreverent race towards nuclearization of, hitherto, nuclear-free South Asia.
The first of those two mistakes is the overt nuclearization of South Asia when India went nuclear in 1998 the second is the most recent air strike, on 26 February 2019, against contrived terror hideouts' deep inside Pakistan.
Kashmir is partly responsible for the nuclearization of South Asia.
The strategic environment in South Asia is becoming increasingly complex and unpredictable in the long term as India adopts provocative military doctrines like cold start doctrine and undertakes destabilizing actions like nuclearization of Indian Ocean and the acquisition and development of ballistic missile defense.
The graph of nuclear learning depicts negative trends and shows that after twenty years of overt nuclearization; both the states are in the process of nurturing their relations.
They say their teams will work out the details of nuclearization disarmament and a peace structure, which are the crucial conditions for eventual ties, and that they will hold more summits as those talks progress.
Because of the trauma of the last world war, a big percentage of Japanese voters are allergic to militarization and nuclearization. Faced with these domestic problems, Japan no longer harbors any ambition of becoming a military superpower.
The nuclearization of the Indian Ocean and canesterization of ballistic missiles in our neighbourhood should be a matter of concern for the international community as well, since these developments have extra-regional ramifications.
As tension between Iran and Israel ratchets up, commentators are asking where the military advantage lies, and what this means for regional nuclearization. Will aggression from Israel push Iran out of a weakened JCPOA nuclear agreement, and down the path of developing nuclear weapons?