the new concept was presented by defense secretary james schleisinger. crisis due to the deployment of pershing in europe, and then into a treaty on a complete ban on short- range missiles. and only with the onset of detente, after the collapse of the ussr, us secretary of defense william perry proclaimed the transition to a mutual doctrine. guaranteed safety, but as practice has shown, not for long. at this point , nuclear deterrence already exists between india and pakistan, but there is also a mechanism of nuclear... holding a weak state against a strong one, demonstrating to the aggressor that even if he achieves his goal, he will pay an unacceptable price for it, this is the concept that north korea adheres to. very often we are faced with a situation where we slide into such ever greater confrontation, politicians hope that, well, some limited amount of funds will be enough to... frighten, convince the opponent , convince the enemy, as a rule, this turns out not to be the case, and this is where this phenomenon of creeping uncontrollable escalation