nuclear deterrence

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Noun nuclear deterrence has 1 sense

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"
--₁ is a kind of deterrence; doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

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