nuclear deterrence

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noun

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
• Topics:
military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine
• Hypernyms:
deterrence, doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism