Conventional deterrence is a form of conflict management with a frequent naval focus. Its aim is to prevent fighting when the conditions for a conflict are already present. The metaphor is keeping the lid on a boiling pan, with the underlying pressure still there. That definition clarifies what deterrence means before HMS Nelson becomes the case study.
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Conventional deterrence as conflict management
Conventional deterrence is conflict management: keeping a crisis from becoming open conflict when the causes of confrontation are already present.