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Meanings of nuclear deterrence 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
Synonyms
Examples for "deterrence theory"
Examples for "deterrence theory"
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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.
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Usage of nuclear deterrence in English
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So a stopgap policy, referred to as nuclear deterrence, went into effect.
The new yorker
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Mattis, without offering a figure, suggested that nuclear deterrence was worth the investment.
Reuters
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General Sir John Hackett once put me right about the meaning of nuclear deterrence.
The Irish Times
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This would mean an end to continuous at-sea nuclear deterrence.
The Guardian
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Elected in 1964, he made his maiden speech on Polaris and the need for nuclear deterrence.
The Guardian
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In the most approximate sense, and we emphasize approximate, the analogy with nuclear deterrence might be drawn.
Shock and Awe — Achieving Rapid Dominance
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It says that we prefer to base our security on Non-Nuclear Resistance rather than on nuclear deterrence.
The new yorker
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It was the theory of nuclear deterrence-thatif you launched a nuke at me, I'd massively retaliate.
A knife edge
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The current nuclear deterrence system involves four submarines on permanent rotation with one at sea at all times.
The Guardian
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It has never been safe to rely on assurances of nuclear deterrence among "responsible" nuclear powers.
The Guardian
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CNNC is the main body of the national nuclear technology industry, the core of the national strategic nuclear deterrence.
BBC
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It concluded that the country already had a third more strategic weapons than were necessary to ensure nuclear deterrence.
The Guardian
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American nuclear deterrence is something many US allies in the region want to see consolidated, not dismantled or diminished.
The Guardian
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Better than nuclear deterrence, right?
Man in the Middle
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The late Michael Quinlan, for long the high priest of nuclear deterrence, scrupulously held that the case needed regular review.
The Guardian
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So we have to develop, and we have to make more deterrence, nuclear deterrence, Mr So told Reuters in English.
Radio NZ
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