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| Stationary a small amount of U.S. troops in “hot spots” to give enemy pause before any aggressive movement or invasion. Engaging U.S. troops means U.S. is automatically involved |
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| Land Based Missiles placed in hardened fixed missile silos. (ICBM’s) Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. Air Based Missiles placed on long-range bombers and air-launched cruise missiles (ALCM’s). Hide missiles on nuclear submarines (SLBM’s). Submarine-launched Ballistic Missiles. Protect ballistic missile force with anti-missile defense system |
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| Powerful release of energy from fusion of hydrogen atoms |
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| An American national-level exercise in strategy and foreign policy design convened by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the summer of 1953. It was intended to produce consensus among senior officials in the national security community on the most effective strategy for responding to Soviet expansionism in the wake of World War II |
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| 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 |
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| A 58-paged top secret policy paper issued by the United States National Security Council on April 14, 1950, during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. It was one of the most significant statements of American policy in the Cold War. NSC-68 largely shaped U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War for the next 20 years, and involved a decision to increase the pressure of Containment against global Communist expansion a high priority. It rejected the alternative policies of friendly Détente or aggressive Rollback |
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| 1968 agreement nuclear powers will not transfer nuclear weapons technology and non-nuclear powers will not acquire it |
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| An application of deterrence theory in which a state possesses no more nuclear weapons than is necessary to deter an adversary from attacking |
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| Belief that states with even a few nuclear weapons are safe from invasion |
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| A preemptive attack against an enemy, especially one using nuclear weapons against an enemy armed with nuclear weapons |
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| Using nuclear capacity to cover/protect allies |
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| A military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack |
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| Removing a nation’s leadership and ability to direct a war effort |
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| Attacking a target that has a military value, such as a launch silo for intercontinental ballistic missiles, an airbase at which nuclear-armed bombers are stationed, a homeport for ballistic missile submarines, or a command and control installation |
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| The targeting of an opponent's assets which are of value but not actually a military threat, such as cities and civilian populations |
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| Military strength that is non-nuclear |
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| Ability of one nation to be listened to by another |
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