The Soviet Union had detonated an atomic bomb, and appeared to reach approximate military parity with the United States.

Although Assad was still far from achieving a strategic balance with Israel, his regime reached military parity in quantitative terms.

In turn, we provide Pakistan with economic and military assistance, although never, of course, enough military assistance to even approach military parity with India.

The Soviets say their goal is military parity and a defensive posture for both sides in western Europe.

Soviet aid has so far sustained Mr. Assad's ambition of seeking military parity with Israel.

Should Taiwan fail to maintain military parity with China, the Chinese authorities would be encouraged to pursue a more aggressive policy toward the island.

Its arms embargo had kept the Bosnian government from achieving military parity with the Serbs.

To regain military and nuclear parity with the Soviets, Reagan set out to rebuild the military at a pace unparalleled in our peacetime history.

The EDC had been suggested and was designed as a means of preventing West German military parity.

It lulled the Piedmontese command into a false dream of military parity with the Austrian army.