The phrase "develop a deterrent" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing strategies or measures to prevent undesirable actions or behaviors, often in security or policy discussions.
Example: "The government aims to develop a deterrent against cyber attacks to protect national security."
Alternatives: "create a deterrent" or "establish a deterrent."
Rekindled nationalism within Iran helped elect a xenophobic government keen to continue to develop a nuclear deterrent.
Under Kim JoNorth Koreahasorea hasteppeded up attempts to build a long-range missile and miniaturise nuclear warheads, claiming that it has the right to develop a nuclear deterrent in the face of US hostility towards the regime.
Yet it must develop a strategic deterrent that rests on weapons and an organisational structure appropriate to this new era, in which terrorists are equipped with missiles and media.
Speaking at the United Nations this week, North Korean diplomats said their country had to develop a nuclear deterrent against Washington's "hostile policy" and that their nuclear weapons "can never, ever, be a political bargaining chip".
At about the same time, General Breedlove was asked by the North Atlantic Council, NATO's political decision-making body, to develop a credible deterrent to Russian adventurism that could be put into action after the summit.A potential problem for Mr Rasmussen was that even after the seizure of Crimea, NATO's members had disagreed about the extent of the threat posed by Russia.
Officials here said the test today, which sent a missile blazing across clear blue skies off the eastern coast of India at 8 45 a.m., is part of a national program to develop a credible nuclear deterrent and had nothing to do with the confrontation between India and Pakistan.
Since 1945, this nation has successfully developed a sustained deterrent that has served as the backbone of our military arsenal.
Does anyone seriously think that the bellicose and bombastic President Nicolas Sarkozy of France would have favored military intervention in Libya if Colonel Qaddafi had developed a nuclear deterrent with missiles targeted on Paris?
Similarly, it's pretty widely known that North Korea hasn't yet developed a nuclear deterrent capable of striking fear into the heart of its American arch-enemy.
Although that test was only partially successful, it set Kim Jong Il's regime on a path to developing a nuclear deterrent, something it viewed as necessary for survival after the fates that befell Iraq's Saddam Hussein and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, who pursued the bomb but never reached that goal and were later ousted with the help of U.S. forces.
