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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Better yet, a policy to retaliate combined with other actions--such as installing active defenses, increased passive defenses, and assuring military survivability--would decrease the likelihood of an EMP attack against the United States because such measures would make a strike less likely to succeed.

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