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Meanings of nuclear deterrence theory in English

Russian
ядерное сдерживание
Portuguese
teoria da intimidação
Spanish
teoría de la disuasión
Catalan
teoria de la dissuasió nuclear

Military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons.

        ядерное сдерживание
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        Examples for "deterrence theory"
        Examples for "deterrence theory"
        1
        At the heart of the deterrence theory is a readiness, under certain circumstances, to commit mass slaughter on an unprecedented scale.
        The new yorker
        2
        Whatever your view of the vengeance and deterrence theories of capital punishment, it should be obvious that this case is special.
        The portable atheist: essential readings for the nonbeliever
        1
        So a stopgap policy, referred to as nuclear deterrence, went into effect.
        The new yorker
        2
        Mattis, without offering a figure, suggested that nuclear deterrence was worth the investment.
        Reuters
        3
        General Sir John Hackett once put me right about the meaning of nuclear deterrence.
        The Irish Times
        4
        This would mean an end to continuous at-sea nuclear deterrence.
        The Guardian
        5
        Elected in 1964, he made his maiden speech on Polaris and the need for nuclear deterrence.
        The Guardian