1.   The nuclear threat, while not gone completely, is reduced.

2.   The conference also resolved to express concern over the nuclear threat posed by Israel and to press for a nuclear-free zone in the Middle East.

3.   Already Washington knew that it was only a matter of time before the USSR was in a position to present a serious nuclear threat to the United States itself.

4.   Americans see missile defense as a way of protecting themselves against nuclear threats from unpredictable countries like North Korea, Iraq and Iran.

5.   An early work by the enduring collaborative ensemble takes an arresting, prismatic view of the nuclear threat.

6.   And we are working to reduce the nuclear threat even more.

7.   Any remotely possible nuclear threat would come not from Russia or China but some minor, irresponsible terrorist nation we could certainly overcome.

8.   Ballistic missiles are only one of several ways a potential foe could subject the United States to nuclear threat or attack.

9.   Abroad, China has supported U.N. peacekeeping and helped box the North Korean nuclear threat.

10.   Also, many officers will be equipped with high-tech sensors to detect radioactivity, an effort aimed at identifying any nuclear threat, the officials said.