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Nuclear triad
A
nuclear triad
refers to the
nuclear weapons delivery
of a
strategic nuclear arsenal
which consists of three components, traditionally
strategic bombers
,
intercontinental ballistic missiles
(ICBMs), and
submarine-launched ballistic missiles
(SLBMs). The purpose of having a three-branched nuclear capability is to significantly reduce the possibility that an enemy could destroy all of a nation's nuclear forces in a
first-strike
attack; this, in turn, ensures a credible threat of a
second strike
, and thus increases a nation's
nuclear deterrence
.
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