nuclear defense
Warhead countermeasure systems
Nuclear defense encompasses military systems and strategies designed to protect against nuclear attack.
This includes early warning radar networks, missile interception systems, hardened bunkers, and civil defense preparations.
During the Cold War, nuclear defense paradoxically included offensive capability—the doctrine of mutually assured destruction held that the best defense was the threat of devastating retaliation.
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- shieldHandheld defensive armor
- bunkerReinforced subterranean stronghold
- deterrentThing that discourages action
- mutual assured destructionReciprocal annihilation prevents war
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Atomic weapon deployment
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Armed conflict using standard military forces
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Reducing atomic weapon stockpiles
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