| Elsewhere in his treatise he reflects on the possibility of combining nuclear deterrence with conventional deterrence. |
| If pre-emption replaces deterrence as the fulcrum of global engineering, then the boundary blurs between the forces of civilisation and terror. |
| In the nuclear world deterrence became not merely an element of defence and military strategy, but its defining feature. |
| Accordingly, the hypothesized deterrence of ethanol to frugivorous vertebrates, or specifically primates, is unsubstantiated. |
| Universal controlled disarmament must replace deterrence and arms control as the national defense goal. |
| There's no peace agreement, no policy of containment or deterrence that works to deal with this threat. |
