What we are seeking is a minimum deterrent.

India remains committed to maintaining a "minimum credible nuclear deterrent," he said.

We will complete the deployment of the next generation of Britain's minimum nuclear deterrent.

Multilateral talks on the more difficult stages of disarmament, down to a minimum nuclear deterrent, were making progress.

Indeed, his ambition is to move down now to a minimum deterrent.

His idea of a minimum deterrent is to maintain 2,500 warheads.

I told him also that Britain's only strategic weapon would be the minimum deterrent constituted by Trident.

Early in 2011, China published a defense white paper, which repeated its nuclear policies of maintaining a minimum deterrent with a no-first-use pledge.

This is the opportunity to get down to reducing weapons to a minimum deterrent.

Maintain a minimum nuclear deterrent.