fail-deadly
adj/ˌfeɪlˈdɛdli/US
Etymology
From fail (verb) + deadly, modelled on fail-safe.
- inherited from dēadlīċe
- inherited from dedliche
- inherited from *dauþalīk✻
- inherited from dēadlīċ
- inherited from dedly
Definitions
Of a nuclear weapons strategy
Of a nuclear weapons strategy: encouraging deterrence by guaranteeing an automatic, immediate, and overwhelming response to an attack, even if the command-and-control infrastructure has been damaged by the enemy's first strike.
- If one were to assume a more traditional Realist image of human fallibility, then one's confidence in the safety of the elaborate nuclear "fail deadly" deterrence order might not be so sanguine.
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