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• Trump said the deal, which exchanged sanctions relief for a rollback of Iran’s nuclear capability, was too generous and not strict enough.
  — Ron Kampeas, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Nov. 2020
• China’s reported test of a new orbital weapon with nuclear capability is bad news for the United States.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2021
• But this time, Pyongyang dialed back on the display of military might – there were no ballistic missiles on show, no boasts of nuclear capability.
  — Sung-Yoon Lee, The Conversation, 15 Sep. 2021
• The latest high-profile military showcase comes amid signs that North Korea has been stepping up its nuclear capability to pressure the United States and its allies.
  — Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2022
• North Korea tests a new weapon designed to bolster its nuclear capability.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2022
• Each has weaponized all the modern tools of state power, including nuclear capability, to diminish the democratic world.
  — Daniel Henninger, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2022
• But some experts say Pyongyang has also used its rivals’ drills as a chance to test new weapons systems, boost its nuclear capability, and increase its leverage in future dealings with Washington and Seoul.
  — Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Oct. 2022
• But some experts worry that Pyongyang also uses the drills as a chance to test new weapons, strengthen its nuclear capability, and increase its leverage in future dealings with Washington and Seoul.
  — Isaac Lee, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2023
• And over the past year, the North has enshrined its nuclear capability in its laws and started talking about its first-strike capabilities, rather than casting its arsenal as purely defensive.
  — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2023
• Armed warplanes are among the most notorious military spending programs, and adding a nuclear capability tends to exacerbate both.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Apr. 2021
• Putin’s geopolitical power is vastly enhanced by the fact that Russia has retained massive nuclear capability.
  — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022
• Bennett and bin Zayed will also confront emerging disagreements over international efforts to slow the nuclear capability of Iran.
  — Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2021
• Designed as a science experiment, the satellite still scared U.S. leaders about the potential of the Soviets developing advanced nuclear capability.
  — Shareef Jackson, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2020
• But negotiations have faltered since their second summit in February 2019, when the Americans rejected North Korean demands for major sanctions relief in exchange for a partial surrender of its nuclear capability.
  — Washington Post, 10 July 2020
• The discovery follows recent warnings by Pentagon officials about rapid advances in China’s nuclear capability.
  — Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 30 June 2021
• The conventional-retaliation option—either against the Russian units that launched whatever nuclear capability was employed or against other Russian formations—would be highly escalatory.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2022
• North Korea would eventually use its boosted nuclear capability as a bargaining chip to win international recognition as a legitimate nuclear state, the relaxing of international sanctions and other concessions, analysts say.
  — Time, 26 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024