WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Deterrence theory holds that nuclear weapons are intended to deter other states from attacking with their nuclear weapons, through the promise of retaliation and possibly mutually assured destruction.

Detailed explanation-2: -Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive deterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack.

Detailed explanation-3: -The premise of the strategy is that each nuclear power maintains a high level of instant and overwhelming destructive capability against any aggression-i.e., the ability, visible and credible to a would-be attacker, to inflict unacceptable damage upon the attacker with forces that survive a surprise attack.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is nuclear deterrence? The purpose of nuclear deterrence is to preserve peace, prevent coercion and deter aggression. Potential aggressors know that the costs of attacking the UK, or our NATO allies, could far outweigh any benefit they could hope to achieve.

Detailed explanation-5: -This MAD scenario is often referred to as rational nuclear deterrence. When the possibility of nuclear warfare between the United States and Soviet Union started to become a reality, theorists began to think that mutual assured destruction would be sufficient to deter the other side from launching a nuclear weapon.