This is not the particular source I recall, but is related: Kavka, G. S. (1978). Some Paradoxes of Deterrence. The Journal of Philosophy, 75(6), 285. doi:10.23

This is not the particular source I recall, but is related: Kavka, G. S. (1978). Some Paradoxes of Deterrence. The Journal of Philosophy, 75(6), 285. doi:10.2307/2025707 (https://sci-hub.tw/10.2307/2025707 https://sci-hub.tw/10.2307/2025707)