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The term '''arms race''', in its original usage, describes a competition between two or more parties for real or apparent military supremacy. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of [[weapon]]s, greater armies, or superior [[military technology]] in a [[technological escalation]]. Nowadays the term is commonly used to describe any competition where there is no absolute goal, only the relative goal of staying ahead of the other competitors. |
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==Examples of arms races== |
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The period known as the Cold War was an arms race between the former U.S.S.R. and the United States of America, with both trying to gain more nuclear weaponry than the other. |
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==Other uses== |
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More generically, the term "arms race" is used to describe any competition where there is no absolute goal, only the relative goal of staying ahead of the other competitors in rank or knowledge. An arms race may also imply futility as the competitors spend a great deal of time and money, yet end up in the same situation as if they had never started the arms race. |
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An [[evolutionary arms race]] is a system where two populations are [[evolution|evolving]] in order to continuously one-up members of the other population. |
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This is related to the [[Red Queen]] effect, where two populations are co-evolving to overcome each other but are failing to make absolute progress. |
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In technology, there are close analogues to the arms races between parasites and hosts, such as the arms race between [[computer virus]] writers and [[antivirus software]] writers, or [[spam (electronic)|spammers]] against [[Internet service provider]]s and [[E-mail]] software writers, or between large companies, a possible example being [[Apple Inc.]] and [[Microsoft]]. |
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*[[Missile gap]] |
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== Literature == |
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* Richard J. Barnet: ''Der amerikanische Rüstungswahn.'' Rowohlt, Reinbek 1984, ISBN 3-499-11450-X {{de_icon}} |
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* Jürgen Bruhn: ''Der Kalte Krieg oder: Die Totrüstung der Sowjetunion.'' Focus, Gießen 1995, ISBN 3-88349-434-8 {{de_icon}} |
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{{Cold War}} |
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[[Category:Cold War]] |
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[[ar:سباق تسلح]] |
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[[ca:Cursa armamentista]] |
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[[cs:Závody ve zbrojení]] |
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[[de:Wettrüsten]] |
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[[eo:Vetarmado]] |
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[[fr:Course aux armements]] |
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[[ko:군비 경쟁]] |
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[[it:Corsa agli armamenti]] |
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[[he:מירוץ חימוש]] |
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[[lt:Ginklavimosi varžybos]] |
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[[hu:Hidegháborús fegyverkezési verseny]] |
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[[nl:Wapenwedloop]] |
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[[ja:軍備拡張競争]] |
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[[no:Våpenkappløp]] |
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[[pl:Wyścig zbrojeń]] |
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[[pt:Corrida armamentista]] |
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[[ro:Cursa înarmării]] |
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[[ru:Гонка вооружений]] |
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[[fi:Kilpavarustelu]] |
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[[sv:Kapprustning]] |
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[[uk:Гонка озброєнь]] |
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[[zh:军备竞赛]] |
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