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A competition between nations for superiority in the development and accumulation of weapons, especially between the U.S. and the former USSR during the Cold War.

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Arms Race
in The Oxford Companion to American Military History Length: 5837 words
Arms Races
in The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace Length: 2645 words
arms race
in The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military Length: 27 words
Arms Race
in The Oxford Companion to the Politics of the World (2) Length: 1512 words

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