Where does long-range aerial refueling come into the strategic requirements of what is, primarily, a deterrence force?
And has all of this prosecutorial zeal served as a deterrence?
Chertoff goes on to suggest obliquely that demonstrating retaliatory capability in this way might be one method of deriving a deterrence function from US technical superiority in this field.
Nato is currently undergoing a Deterrence and Defence Posture Review ahead of its summit in Chicago in May, and US President Barack Obama has committed himself to the goal of nuclear disarmament.
We also adopted a Deterrence and Defense Posture Review that showed what the appropriate mix of conventional nuclear and missile defense forces should be in order to advance our deterrence and defense capabilities.
The fact is they are a part of deterrence for a number of countries in the world.
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Coupled with a redefined idea of military deterrence is a completely new and just as important one, economic deterrence.
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Mullen, "It's Time for A New Deterrence Model, " Joint Forces Quarterly, 4th Quarter, 2008.
Thus, the United States would need to commit at least one division to a Golan deterrence mission.
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Policymakers knew America needed its own force of long-range missiles to deter a Russian attack, but deterrence was a new idea so they also wanted to have the protection provided by real defenses.
Second, as an alternative to defenses, national leaders adopted a strategy of deterrence, meaning any enemy foolish enough to launch a nuclear attack would suffer devastating retaliation-in-kind.
To prevent the use (or the manufacture) of chemical weapons requires a structure for deterrence backed by real capabilities.
The difference between inadvertent escalation and a breakdown in deterrence may be more academic than real and may be difficult to parse.
Karas said he wanted to send a message of deterrence to athletes.
Lawsuits, if they are fair, are a form of deterrence against abuse.
But the concept and practice of deterrence in a regional setting bears little resemblance to how we have thought about deterrence in the past.
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One such challenge was whether the United States, with a military strategy based on credible nuclear deterrence, could maintain a highly reliable stockpile of nuclear weapons indefinitely without testing.
This can be caused by deterrence, a decision not to enter due to the economy, or some combination of the two.
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"I think there might be a certain power in deterrence, " she said.
Here, counterproliferation capabilities such as improved passive defenses, as well as counterforce means such as deep underground attack weapons, play a central role in deterrence.
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Mr Givan, who chairs the assembly's justice committee, said that public confidence in sentencing was low and there was a need for a greater degree of deterrence.
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The key to effective nuclear deterrence was a secure retaliatory capability, meaning an arsenal that could ride out any surprise attack and then respond with such devastating effect that adversaries would find the prospect unacceptable.
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Following Mr. Weinberger's comments, several of the symposium participants indicated a desire for pro-deterrence analysis that could be used to rebut the NAS study and other nuclear abolition tracts (notably, a joint letter signed by 60 former flag officers last December).
That tough stance, while worrying to some, is likely to be a kind of "pre-emptive rhetorical deterrence", according to analysts such as John Delury, a professor of International Studies at Seoul's Yonsei University.
Today deterrence comes from a more delicate balance of reducing proliferation, dissuading adversaries, and assuring allies.
And it says we'll never use our nuclear deterrence to prevent a massive conventional attack either against the United States or against our allies.
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On the other hand, a new doctrine of economic deterrence has emerged, safeguarding world order just as effectively as MAD did during the Cold War.
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If deterrence worked against a heavily-armed Soviet Union, ask sceptical Europeans, why would it not work against a roguish regime with just a handful of rockets?
"In such a world, Cold War deterrence is no longer enough to maintain peace, to protect our own citizens and or own allies and friends, " he said.
The only truly successful way to address the problem in the long term is through a strategy that focuses on deterrence, security, the rule of law and development.
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