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Deck 31: Nuclear Proliferation Flashcards

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Les armes nucléaires

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Nuclear arms, nuclear weapons

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Les armes de destruction massives

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Weapons of mass destruction, WMDs

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Un arsenal

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An arsenal

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Des stocks d’armes

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Weapons stockpiles

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Déployer des armes

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To deploy weapons

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La guerre nucléaire

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Nuclear warfare

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Les armes nucléaires

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Nukes

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La course aux armements

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The arms race

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L’escalade

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Escalation

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Un parapluie nucléaire

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A nuclear umbrella

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Les matériaux fissiles

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Fissile materials

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La fusion / la fission

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Fusion / fission

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L’uranium / le plutonium

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Uranium / plutonium

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Enrichir l’uranium

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To enrich uranium

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L’enrichissement de l’uranium

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Uranium enrichment

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Un réacteur nucléaire

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A nuclear reactor

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La capacité nucléaire

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Nuclear capability

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Des installations de production d’armes nucléaires

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Nuclear weapons facilities

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Une usine d’enrichissement du plutonium

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A plutonium-processing facility

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Faire l’étalage de sa force

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To flex one’s muscles

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Dissuader qqn de faire qqch

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To deter, discourage sb from doing sth

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La dissuasion nucléaire

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The nuclear deterrent

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La force de dissuasion

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Deterrent power, deterrence

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La force de frappe

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Strike force

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Avoir un effet dissuasif
To act as a deterrent
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Représailles massives
Massive retaliation
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Riposter, se venger, user de représailles
To retaliate
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Un essai nucléaire
A nuclear test
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Les essais nucléaires
Nuclear testing
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Réaliser un essai
To conduct a test
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Faire exploser une bombe nucléaire
To detonate a nuclear bomb
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Les retombées d’une explosion nucléaire
Nuclear fallout
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Un missile courte / longue portée
A short-range / long-range missile
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Aire de lancement
Launchpad
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Une ogive nucléaire, une tête nucléaire
A nuclear warhead
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Un missile balistique inter-continental
An intercontinental ballistic missile, an ICBM
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Un bouclier anti-missile
An anti-missile shield, an anti-missile defense system
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Un sous-marin à propulsion nucléaire
A nuclear-powered submarine
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Une menace
A threat
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Representer une menace pour la stabilité mondiale
To pose a threat to world stability
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Menacer de faire qqch
To threaten to do sth
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Forcer qqn à faire qqch en le faisant chanter
To blackmail sb into doing sth
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Un Etat-voyou
A rogue state
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Le désarmement nucléaire
Nuclear disarmament
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Condamner
To condemn
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Négocier
To negociate
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La négociation
Negotiation
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Négociations, pourparlers, discussions
Negotiations, talks
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Faire revenir qqn à la table des négociations
To bring sb back to the negotiating table
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Reprendre les négociations
To resume talks
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La reprise des négociations
The resumption of talks
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Un moratoire, un moratorium
A moratorium
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Exercer des pressions sur un Etat
To put, exert pressure on a state
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Une exigence
A demand
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Observer, respecter une règle
To comply with a rule
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Le respect d’un traité
Compliance with a treaty
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Une résolution de l’ONU / du Conseil de Sécurité
A UN / Security Council resolution
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Demander des sanctions
To call for sanctions
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Imposer des sanctions à un pays
To impose sanctions on a country
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Appliquer des sanctions
To enforce, to implement sanctions
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Une punition, une peine
A penalty
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Une inspection sur place
An onsite inspection
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Un embargo
An embargo
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Interdire les essais nucléaires
To ban nuclear testing
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La dénucléarisation
Denuclearization
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Dénucléariser
To denuclearize
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Démanteler des installations
To dismantle facilities
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Le démantèlement
Dismantling
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Éliminer les armes nucléaires
To eliminate nukes
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Une zone dénucléarisée
A nuclear-free zone
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Un monde dénucléarisé
A world free of nuclear weapons
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Un monde plus sûr
A safer world

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