nuclear deterrence

Noun

Meaning

the military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence

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Examples

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence. Joseph Rotblat

So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence. Mohamed ElBaradei

when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction Source: Internet

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