Bombs Quote by Paul Virilio

The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.

— Joseph Rotblat

“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

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

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

— Vipin Narang

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

— John Spratt

Deterrence is the art of producing, in the mind of the enemy, the fear to attack.

— Sterling Hayden

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

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

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

— Tom Malinowski

Mutually Assured Destruction, MAD, works only as long as it works; it does not know what to do if deterrence fails, for it envisions…

— Jerry Pournelle

While maintaining our nuclear potential at the proper level, we need to devote more attention to developing the entire range of means of information…

— Boris Yeltsin

Deterrence is important to contain bad actors like Iran. But there has to be a fine line between deterrence and escalation.

— Ruben Gallego