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Angus King: “What is our strategy for deterrence of madmen with nuclear weapons, people that are not necessarily rational...”

On the recordJanuary 30, 2013
What is our strategy for deterrence of madmen with nuclear weapons, people that are not necessarily rational...
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Angus King
Independent · Maine

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the strategy against irrational actors obtaining nuclear weapons.

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