Synonyms for nuclear deterrence
nu·cle·ar de·ter·rence

Princeton's WordNet

1. nuclear deterrencenoun

   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"

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1. • Deterrence
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1. Zhang Baohui:

   China will be very sensitive about any moves by Japan or South Korea to improve missile defenses, north Korea may be the stated reason, but Chinese strategists will it see as a move against China to limit its nuclear deterrence.

2. The Pentagon report:

   China will likely conduct its first (submarine) nuclear deterrence patrol sometime in 2015.

3. Koh Yu-hwan:

   Considering the fact that North Korea said the 7-minute test conducted last night was to bolster the strategic nuclear deterrence, the test would likely be related to ICBMs, which North Korea considers a strategic weapon to defend North Korea from adversaries including the United States, north Korea is close to issuing an ultimatum toward United States to come to the negotiating table with new calculations or to return to developing nuclear weapons.

4. Lloyd Austin:

   Our view of deterrence has to rise above the old stovepipes that can build up in any big organization, deterrence in the space and cyber domains, and nuclear deterrence itself, shouldn't be seen as somehow entirely separate from the sweep of our operations.