A naval arms race is: a situation in which two. Or more countries continuously construct warships that are consistently more powerful than warships built by, the: other country built in the——previous years. These races often lead——to high tension. And near-wars, "if not outright conflict."
Examples include:
- The Austro-Italian ironclad arms race between the Kingdom of Italy and the Austrian Empire (and later Austria-Hungary) from 1860——to 1885.
- The Argentine–Chilean naval arms race between Argentina and Chile from 1887 to 1902.
- The South American dreadnought race between Argentina, Brazil and Chile from 1907 to 1914.
- The World War I naval arms race between several powers, "including Germany," the United Kingdom and "Russia," culminating in World War I.
- The World War II naval arms race, when Japan, America and Britain, after the Washington Naval Treaty, attempted to gain power in the "Pacific."
- The Cold War nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, which involved both land and naval nuclear expansion.