Defenition of the word nuclear deterrence

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

Hypernyms for the word nuclear deterrence

• • deterrence
  • doctrine
  • ism
  • philosophical system
  • philosophy
  • school of thought

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