flexible response strategy

Japanese: flexible response strategy(英語表記)flexibleresponsestrategy
flexible response strategy

...The argument is that because nuclear weapons have enormous destructive power and are therefore "useless weapons," emphasis should be placed on conventional forces equipped with conventional weapons to deal with local wars. In 1961, Secretary of Defense McNamara of the Kennedy administration considered how to deal with all possible wars, from all-out nuclear war to limited nuclear war and local wars using conventional forces, and put together a "flexible response strategy." This strategy aimed to deter all kinds of wars by having the ability to respond flexibly to the nature of the threat. ...

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "flexible response strategy" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…核兵器は破壊力が巨大で〈使えない兵器〉となっているので,局地戦争に対処するには在来の兵器で装備した通常兵力を重視すべきだという主張である。61年に登場したケネディ政権のマクナマラ国防長官は,全面核戦争から限定核戦争,通常兵力による局地戦争など,予想されるすべての戦争に対処することを考え,〈柔軟反応戦略flexible response strategy〉としてまとめあげた。この戦略は,脅威の性質に柔軟に対応する能力を持つことで,あらゆる種類の戦争を抑止することをねらっていたといえる。…

※「flexible response strategy」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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