Sentence examples for was deterrence from inspiring English sources

It was deterrence -- mutual assured destruction -- that provided this inhuman form of security.

Thailand's prime minister, Chuan Leekpai, described the incident as an ungrateful act by a group that had been taking shelter on Thai soil.Another reason was deterrence.

If the point was deterrence, why choose the relatively quick end of a sudden bolt of electricity instead of something more grisly?

The second was deterrence, which assumed that America's defenses could be arrayed to assure a devastating response and therefore keep the enemy from acting.

Israel said its central aim was deterrence, to make Hamas lose the will to keep shooting at Israel's cities. Did it succeed?

The tactic is deterrence.

That doctrine is deterrence.

The first is deterrence.

The other half is deterrence.

"There has to be deterrence.

This is deterrence, not aggression.