Nuclear deterrence is the threat to retaliate with nuclear weapons. In general, deterrence refers to the attempt to create risks that lead the opponent to not engage in a certain policy or action. Can nuclear deterrence succeed? For it to succeed, a threatening nation has to be capable and willing to use its nuclear weapons and must effectively communicate this to the nation that is to be deterred. For this communication to be successful, the threatening nation must be capable of two things. First, the threatening nation must be able to inflict unacceptable damage to the inferior nation. Second, the threatening nation must have the plans and the readiness necessary to demonstrate that it can deliver on its "message." Conveying willingness to use retaliatory nuclear forces creates a dilemma: The threatening n

ation must show willingness to engage in a war it tries to deter or prevent.

Nuclear deterrence has become a game of sorts - a dangerous and potentially tragic one and also deeply selfish, irresponsible and lawless, risking all humanity and the planet. Countries have to protect their deterrence forces at all costs and not allow themselves to become vulnerable to a first strike attack on their nuclear forces. In a strange way, nuclear-armed countries have become more committed to protecting their nuclear forces than they are to protecting their citizens. While they have hardened their land-based missile silos and placed their submarines in the deep oceans, their citizens have remained constantly vulnerable to nuclear attack.

The only possible solution to the threat of nuclear weapons in the world is total elimination. Recently, the government has claimed that this solution will take several years, if possible at all. However, government officials have not supported their claim with any evidence. The government knows that it is technologically possible to eliminate the functionality of all the world's nuclear weapons in a few days. The process is simple. Given the official approval and access, teams of technicians from each nation possessing nuclear weapons could cut all the triggering and detonations wires and disassemble major nuclear weapon components from every other nation. This process can be accomplished in hours or days at the most. Such a move does not free

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