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International relations Flashcards

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la scène internationale

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the world stage

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un Etat souverain

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a sovereign state

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la souveraineté

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sovereignty

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le droit international

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international law

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les affaires étrangères

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foreign affairs

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la politique étrangère

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foreign policy

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la géopolitique

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geopolitics

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un diplomate

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a diplomat

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diplomatie

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diplomacy

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rompre/reprendre les relations

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to brake off/resume diplomatic relations

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une super/hyperpuissance

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super/hyperpower

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l’Hegemonie

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Hegemony

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imperialiste

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imperialistic

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l’equilibre des forces

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balance of power

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le systeme onusien

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The UN system

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un etat/pays membre

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a member state

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appliquer une resolution

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to implement, enforce a resolution

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imposer des sanctions à un pays

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to impose sanctions on a country

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un embargo

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an embargo

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maintenir la paix

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to maintain peace

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une operation de maintien de la paix

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a peace-keeping operation

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un casque bleu

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a blue helmet

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le devoir d’ingérence

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the duty to interfere, to intervene

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l’UE

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the european union EU

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adherer à l’ue

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to join the EU

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demander son adhesion à l’ue

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to apply to join the UE, to apply for EU membership

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negocier

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to negociate

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negociations, pourparlers, discussions

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negotiations, talks

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faire une declaration

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to make, issue a statement

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un communiqué

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a communiqué

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une reunion au sommet, un sommet

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un summit(meeting)

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un porte parole

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a spokesman, spokespersonn

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un homologue

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a counterpart, an opposite number

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une impasse

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a stalemate, a deadlock, a stand-off

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aboutir à une impasse/sortir

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to reach/ break a stalemate

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negocier un accord

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to broker an agreement

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un compromis

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a compromise

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transgiger

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to compromise

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signer/ratifier un traité

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to sign / ratify a treaty

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conclure un accord

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to reach a settlement

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mettre son veto à une decision

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to veto a decision

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une ong

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an ngo non-governmental organization

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les droits de l’homme

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human rights

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les violations des droits de l’Homme

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human rights abuses, violations

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un conflit armé

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an armed conflict

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militaire/civil

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military/civilian

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ennemi

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enemy

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propagande belliciste

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warmongering

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millitariste

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militaristic

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être en guerre/ en paix

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to be at war/ at peace

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declarer la guerre à un pays

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to declare war on a country

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faire la guerre à un ennemi

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to wage war on an enemy, against an enemy

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un allié

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an ally

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conquerir

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to conquer

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la conquete

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conquest

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envahir

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to invade

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les forces armées

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armed forces

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les troupes

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troops

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un soldat/millitaire

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a soldier/ a serviceman

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un militaire de carrière

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a professional soldier, a career soldier

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s’engager, s’enroler dans l’armée de l’air

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to join the air force, to enlist in the air force

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retirer des troupes d’un endroit

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to withdraw troops from a place

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le retrait

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withdrawal

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un blocus

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a blockade

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vaincre un adversaire

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to defeat an adversary

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user de représailles envers quelqu’un

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to retaliate against sb

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un prisonnier de guerre

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a prisoner of war, a POW

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l’otan

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NATO, north atlantic treaty organization

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une bombe

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a bomb

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armes

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weapons, arms

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des armes de destruction massives

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weapons of mass destructions (WMDs)

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bombarder

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to bomb

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un bombardement

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a bombing/ bombardment

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un bombardier

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a bomber

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armes intelligentes

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smart weapons

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une frappe chirurgical

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a surgical strike

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un bombardier furtif

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a stealth bomber

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un porte avion

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an aircraft carrier

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un avion de chasse, un chasseur

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a fighter(plane)

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la guerre nucléaire/biologique/chimique

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nuclear/biological/chemical warfare

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les bléssés

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the wounded

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les morts et les bléssés

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the casualties

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le renseignement

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intelligence

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espionner un ennemi

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to spy on an enemy

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un crime de guerre

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a war crime

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un criminel de guerre

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a war criminal

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un crime contre l’humanité

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a crime against humanity

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un génocide

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a genocide

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purification ethnique

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ethnic cleansing

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des pourparlers de paix

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peace talks

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le processus de paix

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the peace process

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un accord de paix

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a peace agreement, a peace settlement

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un traité de paix

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a peace treaty

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le dividende de la paix

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the peace dividend

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le desarmement

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disarmament

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un ancien combattant

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a veteran, a vet

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nevrose post-traumatique

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post traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)

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les armes nucleaires

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nuclear weapons, arms

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la course aux armements

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the arms race

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un parapluie nucléaire

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a nuclear umbrella

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la capacité nucléaire

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nuclear capability

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les installations de production d’armes nucléaires

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nuclear weapons facilities

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la dissuasion nucléaire

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nuclear deterrent

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les essais nucleaires

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nuclear testings

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un état-voyou

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a rogue state

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realiser un essai

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to conduct a test

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les retombés d’une explosion nucleaire

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nuclear fallout

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un missile courte/longue portée

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a short-range/long-range missile

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un missile balistique inter-continentale

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an intercontinental ballistic missile, an icbm

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un bouclier anti-missile

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an anti-missile defence system

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