Invulnerability in strategic argument is often proxied by undetectability

Evidence

This paper being about principles, not about submarines, I can perhaps be excused for pretending here that undetectability on short notice in the open sea is equivalent to invulnerability. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 837

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Judging mutual invulnerability requires comparing two distinct deterrent threats — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 587; Combating an invulnerable-seeming enemy requires finding their hidden weak point; Secrecy and illegibility are deliberate design features, not incidental side effects — Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism, 1091

Broader Connections