Deterrence Quote by Joseph Rotblat Download Open image “The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.” — Joseph Rotblat ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Deterrence Nuclear Nuclear deterrence Philosophy Present
“The driver of deterrence success is not nuclear weapons, it is nuclear posture. Nuclear weapons may deter, but they deter unequally.” — Vipin Narang Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence. — John Spratt Copy Share Image
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 The first deterrence, nuclear deterrence, is presently being superseded by the… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Some amount of fear of nuclear weapons is necessary for nuclear deterrence to work. — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary. — Atal Bihari Vajpayee Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It is deterrence that has prevented the use of nuclear weapons by all states that possess them since 1945. — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There is no direct evidence that nuclear weapons prevented a world war. Conversely, it is known that they nearly caused one. — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
But scientists on both sides of the iron curtain played a very significant role in maintaining the momentum of the nuclear arms race throughout… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization. — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
Alice Stewart [is] a much underestimated scientist who has been an indomitable challenger of the establishment and a thorn in the flesh of the… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
Since the end of the Cold War two main nuclear powers have begun to make big reductions in their nuclear arsenals. Each of them… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
We are told that the possession of nuclear weapons - in some cases even the testing of these weapons - is essential for national… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
The most terrifying moment in my life was October 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis. I did not know all the facts - we… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
If the militarily most powerful and least threatened states need nuclear weapons for their security, how can one deny such security to countries that… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
Several studies, and a number of public statements by senior military and political personalities, testify that - except for disputes between the present nuclear… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
All nuclear weapon states should now recognize that this is so, and declare - in Treaty form - that they will never be the… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
Technology is driving us together. In many ways we are becoming like one family. With the global threats resulting from science and technology, the… — Joseph Rotblat Copy Share Image
The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be… — Natan Sharansky Copy Share Image
That's a point that Dan Ellsberg has made for years. He said it's kind of like if you and I go into a grocery… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about… — C. Robert Kehler Copy Share Image
New Zealand's nuclear free movement is a broad-based and popular movement. Our nuclear free status is a challenge to much that is accepted as… — David Lange Copy Share Image
“The driver of deterrence success is not nuclear weapons, it is nuclear posture. Nuclear weapons may deter, but they deter unequally.” — Vipin Narang Copy Share Image
Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is… — Yoshihiko Noda Copy Share Image
Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that. — Charles Horner Copy Share Image
Our nuclear free status means that we decline to acquiesce in the strategies of nuclear deterrence. We will not turn a blind eye to… — David Lange Copy Share Image
No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
For the US, the Kosovo War was a success because it encouraged the development of the Pentagon's 'Revolution in Military Affairs' (RMA). The war… — Paul Virilio Copy Share Image
Preemption is a kind of pre-deterrence that stops the threat at an earlier, safer stage. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
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