In the event that an enemy initiates a nuclear strike it will never be able to destroy all the land ...........

English ( Master) Paragraph Completion

Directions: Each of the following questions has a paragraph from which one sentence or part of sentence has been deleted. From the given options, choose the one that completes the paragraph in the most appropriate/coherent way. If none of the given alternatives is appropriate to fill the blank, choose option (e) i.e. “none of these” as your answer choice.

In the event that an enemy initiates a nuclear strike, it will never be able to destroy all the land and air-based nuclear weapons of the target country. Again, the enemy might attack population centres and not nuclear weapon sites; in that case, all the nukes of the target country would be available for retaliation. In either case, the deterrence capability of the target country would remain intact. If the possession of the naval leg were to deter the enemy, ab initio, from initiating a nuclear launch, it would add to the deterrence value. …………………………………………………………………………………………..

Advocates of nuclear deterrence insist that we should thank it for the fact that a third world war has been avoided.

Survivability by itself does not appear to make deterrence more credible.

The lead time has become tight for us.

Every government that now possesses nuclear weapons claims that they deter attacks by their threat of catastrophic retaliation.

None of the Above

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Explanation:

Correct Answer is (b).
"Survivability by itself does not appear to make deterrence more credible." is grammatically and contextually correct and it maintains the continuity of the sentence. 'Deterrence' means the action of discouraging an action or event through instilling doubt or fear of the consequences.