deterrence
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Delivering a speech at the UN General Assembly, external last month, Burnham said his government would invest in defence and build up the UK's "hard power and deterrence".
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026
Doing so would require command and control structures capable of making rapid nuclear decisions, conventional deterrence to prevent strikes on nuclear facilities and developing missile-deliverable warheads, which Iran currently lacks, nuclear experts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs also announced that France had agreed to start talks with Latvia about joining a French nuclear deterrence initiative and strengthen its military presence in Latvia.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026
Applause for the absence of a crisis is how we sleep through the erosion of deterrence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
Thus, instead of victory in the traditional sense, America and Russia sought deterrence as their strategic goal.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down This Wall" (1987)
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