nuclearize

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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nuclearize

(ˈnjuːklɪəˌraɪz) or

nuclearise

vb (tr)
(Military) military to supply (a nation) with nuclear weapons
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That the pursuit of nuclear weapons resulted in punishing sanctions and international isolation only proved the need to further nuclearize. The US is now facing a dilemma whereby it cannot ease pressure on Pyongyang without threatening its ties with South Korea and Japan.
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They believe the wily Ayatollahs cannot be trusted to uphold their end of the bargain and should Iran nuclearize, those weapons of mass destruction will surely be aimed at them.
Both sides commit not to nuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
France had made its first thermonuclear test, codenamed Canopus, on 24 August, 1968; de Gaulle called it, "a magnificent scientific, technical and industrial success, achieved for the independence and security of France".32 In reality, it was proved to be an environmental disaster- because the area in which it was done- banned for humans for next six years.33 After this achievement, France had continued to nuclearize three of its forces throughout the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s under the pretext of force de frappe.34
K-4 is a nuclear capable intermediate-range 3500 km submarine-launched ballistic missile that will nuclearize the Indian-ocean with Indian Arihant-class submarines and give India second strike capability.
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Gulf States feel insecure when neighboring Iran owns nuclear weapons; in this case the race to nuclearize may start in Gulf.
Netanyahu warned the deal would spark a nuclear arms race that will see the region "crisscrossed with nuclear trip wires as other states nuclearize" in fear of Iran.
Netanyahu warned the deal would spark a nuclear arms race that would see the Middle East "crisscrossed with nuclear trip wires as other states nuclearize" in fear of Iran.
It mostly assumed that states will nuclearize only if they are threatened by a nuclear-armed state rival or if a conventionally armed rival cannot be deterred by anything other than nuclear forces.
In the face of a nuclear-armed Iran, Turkey may not seek out nuclear program of its own because, at least for now, it is perceived and perceives that it is not the reason Iran has sought to "nuclearize" in the first place.