Nuclear strategy

doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender

military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons

nuclear-control system used by the Soviet Union and Russia

nuclear weapons launchable from strategic bombers, submarines and ICBMs

pre-emptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force

response to a powerful first nuclear strike

feature of Richard Nixon's foreign policy

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orders for action in the event of a nuclear attack on UK government

theoretical Israeli nuclear second strike capability in event of cataclysmic military destruction to the country, used as a deterrent

policy by a nuclear power not to use nuclear weapons unless first attacked by an adversary using nuclear weapons

development of doctrines and strategies for the production and use of nuclear weapons

Military doctrine focusing on using more force in retaliation to an attack

1980s Soviet military intelligence program

defense strategy implemented by John F. Kennedy in 1961 to address the Kennedy administration's skepticism of Dwight Eisenhower's New Look and its policy of massive retaliation

1945 U.S. disinformation operation

Fail-deadly is a concept in nuclear military strategy that encourages deterrence by guaranteeing an immediate, automatic, and overwhelming response to an attack, even if there is no one left to trigger such retaliation. The term fail-deadly was coined as a contrast to fail-safe.

nuclear strategy in which an aggressor uses the threat of use of nuclear weapons

nuclear strategy in which a retaliatory strike is launched upon warning of incoming nuclear missiles

main US nuclear strategy document from 1961 to 2003

academic and policy-relevant field on problems associated with the nuclear weapons and energy complex

theory of international relations