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deterrence

Term · Defense and military · MLC-T-DEF-000500

The prevention of action by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction and/or belief that the cost of action outweighs the perceived benefits.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-DEF-000500
FieldDefense and military
ReferencesJP 3-0
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-DEF-000500",
  "term": "deterrence",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "The prevention of action by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction and/or belief that the cost of action outweighs the perceived benefits.",
  "references": [
    "JP 3-0"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/deterrence/"
}

Record 500 of 1,781 in Defense and military terminology (MLC-0115). Request the full dataset.