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noun
The military doctrine that an enemy will be deterred from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence.
is a specific kind of: deterrence | doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought.
domain category: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine.
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