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What does deterrence mean?

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Noun
  1. The act of deterring, or the state of being deterred.
  2. Action taken by states or alliances of nations against equally powerful alliances to prevent hostile action.
  3. The art of producing in one's enemy the fear of attacking.
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Elsewhere in his treatise he reflects on the possibility of combining nuclear deterrence with conventional deterrence.
Universal controlled disarmament must replace deterrence and arms control as the national defense goal.
Well, first of all, let's remember that mutual deterrence and arms control has kept the peace for 50 years.
Some form of non-injurious deterrence has been suggested by beleaguered fishermen, but this would be experimental at best.
The first capability that armed forces need to achieve deterrence is an offensive capability.
In the nuclear world deterrence became not merely an element of defence and military strategy, but its defining feature.

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