Deterrence Quote by Joseph Rotblat

“The driver of deterrence success is not nuclear weapons, it is nuclear posture. Nuclear weapons may deter, but they deter unequally.”

— Vipin Narang

“Nuclear deterrence will remain a vital aspect of security. or Nuclear deterrence will have a smaller role in future security. Sources are split in…

— Sam J. Tangredi

The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we're going to use it.

— Peter T. King

With respect to the relationship between nuclear weapons and the advent of détente, one has to consider two things. One, the nature of nuclear…

— Henry A. Kissinger

We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.

— John Spratt

I repeat what I suggest in my book [ Strategie de la deception]. The first deterrence, nuclear deterrence, is presently being superseded by the…

— Paul Virilio

Some amount of fear of nuclear weapons is necessary for nuclear deterrence to work.

— Michael Shellenberger

Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Nuclear weapons are considered the ultimate deterrent for good reason: Adversaries are unlikely to threaten the existence of a nuclear-armed state, especially one with…

— John Mearsheimer

It is deterrence that has prevented the use of nuclear weapons by all states that possess them since 1945.

— Tom Malinowski

Nuclear doctrine consists of thinking the unthinkable. It involves making threats and promising retaliation that is cruel and destructive beyond imagining. But it has…

— Charles Krauthammer

Our immediate striving must be aimed at preventing what, in the present situation, is the greatest threat to the very survival of mankind, the…

— Alva Myrdal