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nuclear triads

nuclear triads is the plural of nuclear triad.

Meaning of nuclear triad

Noun

nuclear triad (plural nuclear triads)

  1. Three traditional components of a nuclear weapons arsenal: strategic bombers, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

Questions about nuclear triads

What is nuclear triads the plural of?
Nuclear triads is the plural of nuclear triad.

Words near nuclear triads in the dictionary

  1. nuclear terrorism
  2. nuclear test
  3. nuclear testing
  4. nuclear tests
  5. nuclear triad
  6. nuclear triads
  7. nuclear umbrella
  8. nuclear umbrellas
  9. nuclear war
  10. nuclear warfare
  11. nuclear wars

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