mutual assured destruction

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Severe, unavoidable reciprocal damage that superpowers are likely to inflict on each other or their allies in a nuclear war, conceived as the heart of a doctrine of nuclear deterrence.

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anomie anomy Corruptibility corruption degeneracy depravation depravity evil Evilness immorality licentiousness like mad MAD mad as a hatter Maddish morality putrefaction unrighteousness wantonness			For the president, the policy of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) was truly mad. Looking for the perfect history by Edwards, Lee / The American Spectator Efforts to develop a more nuanced application have never succeeded, from the doctrine of a geographically limited nuclear war of the 1950s and 1960s to the mutual assured destruction theory of general nuclear war of the 1970s. A World Free from Nukes is Possible, If.. by Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates) It provides a concise historical sketch of the evolution of the post-World War II security environment from the emergence of nuclear powers to the Cold War-era deterrence theory of mutual assured destruction. Strategic Defense in the Nuclear Age: A Reference Handbook by Caton, Jeffrey L. / Joint Force Quarterly			Mutsuhito mutt mutter Mutterer muttering Mutteringly mutton mutton bird mutton chop Mutton fish Mutton fist Mutton monger mutton quad mutton snapper mutton tallow mutton-bird mutton-birder muttonchops muttonfish muttonhead Muttony Muttra mutual mutual affection mutual aid mutual assured destruction mutual exclusiveness mutual fund mutual fund company mutual inductance mutual induction mutual insurance Mutual insurance company mutual opposition mutual resemblance mutual savings bank mutual support mutual understanding mutualism mutualist mutuality mutualize mutually mutually beneficial Mutually equiangular Mutually equilateral mutually exclusive mutualness Mutuary Mutuation mutuel			Mutual Aid Agreement Mutual Aid and Operations Common Channel Mutual Aid and Resource Sharing Mutual Aid Association Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Mutual Aid Emergency Response Plan Mutual Aid Program Mutual Aid Region Mutual Aid Regional Advisory Committee Mutual Aid Sharing Plan Mutual aid societies Mutual aid society mutual and bidirectional Mutual Appreciation Mutual assent Mutual assent Mutual Assistance Group Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Mutual Assistance Pact Mutual Assistance Parole Plan Mutual Assistance, Executive Mutual association Mutual association Mutual Association of Real Estate Practitioners Mutual Associations Mutual Associations Mutual Assured Annoyance mutual assured destruction Mutual Atomic Energy Liability Underwriters Mutual Atomic Energy Reinsurance Pool Mutual Atomic Energy Reinsurance Pool Mutual Atomic Energy Reinsurance Pools mutual attraction Mutual Attraction Hormones mutual aversion Mutual bank Mutual bank Mutual Banks Mutual Banks Mutual Benefit Fund Mutual Benefit Insurance Company mutual branch Mutual Broadcasting System Mutual Broadcasting System MBS Mutual Building and Loan Association Mutual capacitance Mutual Climatic Range Mutual Coherence Function Mutual Companies Mutual Companies Mutual company Mutual company Mutual Concept Computer Group, Inc mutual concern mutual concession Mutual conductance mutual conductances

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