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- Every day somebody wakes up and says,

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today is not the day to attack America,

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with nuclear weapons of war.

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- [Narrator] SANDS is the School

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of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies

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and really what it is,

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is an opportunity for us to
dive deep into deterrence.

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- [Romain Bethoux] Nuclear deterrence is

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a cornerstone of our national security.

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It helps us to have a freedom of action,

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freedom of decision.

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And, if you want to still climb
the ladder in the Air Force,

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or in the military in general,

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you will be an invitee
to the senior leaders

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and maybe decision leaders or politician.

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So you'll need to have
a good understanding

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of what nuclear deterrence is,

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in order to communicate in
the best, effective way.

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- The neat thing about SANS,

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at least for someone in
the nuclear enterprise,

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is that dive deep into nuclear deterrence.

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Success is not turning keys
and launching the missiles.

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Success is every day when
we don't have to do that

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because deterrence is working.

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- [Mel Deaile] That is the
purpose of SANS, to reinvigorate,

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as part of an overall education
plan that the Air Force has,

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to reinvigorate some thought

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and practice into future leaders

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for nuclear deterrence
and deterrence operations.