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nuclear deterrence
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | nuclear deterrence - the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence; "when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction"deterrence - the act or process of discouraging actions or preventing occurrences by instilling fear or doubt or anxietydoctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or schoolarmed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
nuclear deterrence
nuclear deterrence the capacity of a NATION STATE or alliance to protect itself from an attack using nuclear weapons by threatening retaliation which would result in wholesale destruction of the adversary's population and resources. Nuclear deterrence is above all a psychological concept, since a nation state or alliance must believe that an adversary has the capacity to retaliate if attacked and can credibly be expected to use it. The logic of nuclear deterrence is based upon twin assumptions: - the RATIONALITY of decision-makers; and
- that both sides would be losers in the event of a nuclear conflict (see also MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION). Nuclear deterrence is often held to have prevented all-out wars between major powers in the post-World War II era. On the other hand, it does not prevent more limited conventional wars, and the invention of nuclear warfare has brought the ever-present threat of nuclear annihilation on a world scale. See also ARMS RACE, STRATEGIC THEORY, NATION-STATE SYSTEM.
nuclear deterrence
Words related to nuclear deterrencenoun the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequenceRelated Words- deterrence
- doctrine
- ism
- philosophical system
- philosophy
- school of thought
- armed forces
- armed services
- military
- military machine
- war machine
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