Nuclear Proliferation Flashcards

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La prolifération nucléaire

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Nuclear Proliferation

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Non à la bombe

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Ban the bomb!

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Les armes nucléaires

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Nuclear arms

Nuclear weapons

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Les armes de destruction massive

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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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What are the 2 kinds of weapons of mass destruction?

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A-bombs (fission reactions: atom bombs)

H-bombs (nuclear fusion : hydrogen bombs)

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Ont reconnu

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Have acknowledged

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Which countries are possessing nuclear weapons ?

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The US
Russia
The UK
France 
China
India
Pakistan
North Korea 
(+ Israël is widely believed to have some)
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Les matériaux fissiles

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Fissile materials

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La fusion

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Fusion

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La fission

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Fission

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L’uranium

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Uranium

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Le plutonium

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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
Nuclear weapons facilities
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Une usine d'enrichissement du plutonium
A plutonium-processing facility
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The treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
1968 To limit the spread of nuclear weapons India, Israel, Pakistan and North Korea didn't sign it
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Faire étalage de sa force
To flex one's muscles
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Dissuader quelqu'un de faire quelque chose
To deter somebody from doing something | To discourage somebody from doing something
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La dissuasion nucléaire
The nuclear deterrent
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La force de dissuasion
Deterrent power | Deterrence
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La force de frappe
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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Se tournent vers
Look to
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Plus rigoureux
Tighter
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Potentiels
Would-be
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Tricheurs
Cheats
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Mettre un terme à
To call to halt
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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 portée
A short-range missile
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Un missile longue portée
A 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 antimissile
An anti-missile shield | An anti-missile defence system
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Un sous-marin à propulsion nucléaire
A nuclear-powered submarine
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Préservant
Safeguarding
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Une menace
A threat
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Représenter une menace pour la stabilité mondiale
To pose a threat to world stability
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Menacer de faire quelque chose
To threaten to do something
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Forcer quelqu'un à faire quelque chose en le faisant chanter
To blackmail somebody into doing something
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Un État-voyou
A rogue state
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Porter atteinte à
To abuse
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Le désarmement nucléaire
Nuclear disarmament
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Condamner
To condemn
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Négocier
To negotiate
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La négociation
Negotiation
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Négociations Pourparlers Discussions
Negotiations | Talks
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Faire revenir quelqu'un à la table des négociations
To bring somebody 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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Pilier
Mainstay
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Exercer des pressions sur un État
To put pressure on a state | To exert pressure on a state
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Une exigence
A demand
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Observer une règle | 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
A UN resolution
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Une résolution du conseil de sécurité
A Security Council résolution
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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 sanctions | 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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Dénucléariser
To denuclearise
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La dénucléarisation
Denuclearisation
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Énoncer
To set out
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Position
Stance
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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