The phrase "atomic capabilities" is correct and usable in written English.
It refers to the abilities or potentialities associated with atomic or nuclear technology. Example: The country invested heavily in developing its atomic capabilities, with the goal of becoming a major player in the global nuclear industry.
The Administration, he said, merely opposes the creation of small, national atomic capabilities.
North Korea has processed 8,000 spent fuel rods that could be used for nuclear bombs, but does not intend to export its atomic capabilities, a top North Korean official was quoted as saying by China's official news agency.
A sense of insecurity infected the highest levels of Westminster; to her Finchley constituents, Thatcher spoke fearfully of Moscow's atomic capabilities and asked how long it would be before a Red Square appeared in democratic Europe.
A sense of insecurity now infected every level of the White House: at Harvard, meanwhile, a young German-Jewish political scientist called Henry Kissinger contemplated Moscow's atomic capabilities: how long before a Red Square appeared in the heart of the democratic west?
Saddam is hell-bent on achieving atomic bombs, atomic capabilities, as soon as he can".
Commoditization describes when an atomic capability becomes tradable/sellable.
Iran's leaders watched North Korea's Kim Jong Il preempt Western force by demonstrating atomic capability.
Experts say North Korea is years away from being able to hit continental America with a nuclear weapon despite a decades-long push toward an atomic capability.
The question of North Korea's atomic capability was thrust to the headlines when Pyongyang on Thursday threatened the United States with a nuclear strike.
Yet there are still those who question the severity of the Iranian threat and even regard Western determination to deny Iran atomic capability as rank hypocrisy, given the nuclear capacity on both sides of the Atlantic.
While the world endlessly discusses Iran's nuclear capabilities and the likelihood that it will succeed in developing an atomic arsenal, hardly anyone in the United States ever mentions Israel's nuclear weapons.
