2007-03-03 09:22:26 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
The term arms race in its original usage describes a competition between two or more parties for military supremacy. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, or superior military technology in a technological escalation.
More generically, the term "arms race" is also used to describe any competition where there is no absolute goal, only the relative goal of staying ahead of the other competitors
2007-03-03 09:26:30 · answer #1 · answered by x_RadiantEclipse_x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When multiple countries are sort of in a competition to outdo each other when it comes to weapons and bombs and the military. The US was in an arms race with the Soviets during the Cold War.
2007-03-03 17:25:52 · answer #2 · answered by McLovin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
an arm's race is to see which country can come up with the most destructive weapon;s
2007-03-03 17:31:58 · answer #3 · answered by BIG KAHUNA 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have a gun, and I get a bigger one. Then you get a bigger one, and I get one bigger again, and on and on. That's an arms race. Put it on the scale of nation against nation, and you'll see what kind of trouble we're facing in the world.
2007-03-03 17:32:16 · answer #4 · answered by brenbon1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When two countries build up their militaries to protect themselves from each other. One gets the bomb; the other one scrambles to get it too.
2007-03-03 17:26:37 · answer #5 · answered by TaDa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋