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Noun Concept

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Mutual assured destruction is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. Wikipedia

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The phrase "balance of terror" is usually, but not invariably, used in reference to the nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Wikipedia

Nuclear warfare deterrence concept Wikipedia Disambiguation

Cold war doctrine Wikidata

Doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender Wikidata

The threat of massive retaliation using nuclear weapons should a potential enemy use them first, both sides being annihilated in the event of war. Wiktionary

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strategy

military doctrine

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Madrid–Barajas Airport

SAID TO BE THE SAME AS

mutual assured destruction

Wikipedia

balance of terror, mutual assured destruction

Wikidata

balance of terror, mutual assured destruction

Wiktionary

mutual assured destruction

Wikipedia Redirections

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Wikidata Alias

MAD, Mutual assured destruction, Mutual Assured Destruction, MAD, mutually assured destruction