Scenarios about 'nuclear deterrence'
Nuclear deterrence is the strategic concept that nations possessing nuclear weapons can prevent enemy attacks by threatening devastating retaliation. This military doctrine, formalized during the Cold War, is based on the principle that mutual vulnerability to catastrophic destruction discourages first strikes. Nuclear deterrence remains central to international security debates regarding proliferation, missile defense systems, and the ethical implications of maintaining weapons capable of unprecedented destruction.
What If Nuclear Proliferation Was More Widespread?
Exploring the alternate timeline where nuclear weapons technology spread to dozens of nations, fundamentally reshaping global security, international relations, and the modern world order.
What If Nuclear Weapons Were Used After World War II?
Exploring the alternate timeline where nuclear weapons were deployed in subsequent conflicts following WWII, fundamentally altering geopolitics, warfare, and humanity's relationship with this devastating technology.
What If The Atomic Bomb Was Never Invented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where nuclear weapons were never developed, fundamentally altering the end of World War II, the Cold War era, and global geopolitics into the 21st century.