deterrence
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A small coastguard ship made an initial attempt using an electrical deterrence device, which generates a weak current that sharks avoid.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
The House Appropriations Committee reached a similar conclusion earlier this year, warning that excessive secrecy can undermine deterrence and hinder cooperation with allies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
Henry Kissinger, a contemporary politician, wrote: “Deterrence depends, above all, on psychological criteria. For purposes of deterrence, a bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.”
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Ronald Reagan, "Tear Down This Wall" (1987)
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