Because of presumed Soviet conventional superiority, that implied first and early use of nuclear arms.

With our enormous conventional superiority, that would be the ultimate in stupidity and self destructiveness.

Although it enjoys an overwhelming conventional superiority and none of its Arab foes have nuclear weapons, Israel still built an impressive nuclear deterrent.

Our conventional superiority is unapproachable.

The transfer was intended to address the defense problem posed by Soviet conventional superiority in Western Europe.

Officials of some European nations are arguing, however, that without nuclear missiles they would be defenseless against supposedly overpowering Soviet conventional superiority.

In the 1950's, we made a deliberate choice: We would rely on nuclear weapons as the great equalizer against the threat of Soviet conventional superiority.

They aren't just needed to counter far larger Soviet missile deployments, nor East bloc conventional superiority, it says.

NATO hopes that the Warsaw Pact will voluntarily reduce its conventional superiority.