nuclear deterrents
Warhead-based peace strategy
Nuclear deterrents are weapons or military capabilities intended to prevent attack by threatening devastating retaliation.
The theory holds that nations possessing nuclear arsenals won't be attacked because the cost of response would be catastrophic: The country maintained its nuclear deterrent throughout the Cold War.
The term often appears in debates about defense spending and arms reduction.
- warheadsExplosive missile components
- red buttonUrgent action trigger
- submarinesUnderwater naval vessels
- intercontinentalSpanning multiple continents
- atomic bombFission-triggered mass destruction device
ballistic missiles · mutually assured destruction · armaments · arms race · brinkmanship · bombs · existential risk · Cuban Missile Crisis · doomsday clock · military strategy · missiles · neutron bombs · electromagnetic pulse · cruise missiles · intercontinental ballistic missile · Cold War strategy · geopolitical stability · military alliances
nuclear deterrentsconventional weapons
Non-WMD military equipment
conventional forces · conventional arms · small arms · infantry weapons · infantry
nuclear deterrentsnuclear disarmament
Reducing atomic weapon stockpiles
denuclearization · first strike · disarmament · arms reduction · military aggression
nuclear deterrentsdiplomacy
Negotiation between nations
peace negotiations · pacifism · peaceful coexistence · soft power · treaties
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