What is nuclear deterrence? According to the freedictionary.com it is the military doctrine that an enemy will be discouraged from using nuclear weapons as long as he can be destroyed as a consequence; "when two nations both resort to nuclear deterrence the consequence could be mutual destruction". In Futter’s book he says that “for nuclear deterrence to work, the nuclear-armed state must be credible in both its intention and ability to use nuclear weapons as retribution for an attack”.(Futter 71) Nuclear deterrence to some may be the reason to get rid of nuclear weapons all together. Since no one will use the weapons why have those around? This is a great question to ask, and a logical at that. In the article Humanitarian reframing of nuclear
