Mutual Assured Destruction

"No, sir, the technical name we use is MAD: Mutual Assured Destruction, which isn't even good grammar, but it's accurate enough.

The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

The most contentious border clash currently occuring between two nuclear powers - India and Pakistan - has not lead to a nuclear exchange, mostly because they, too, are bound by the terrible rationality of Mutual Assured Destruction.

Obama’s new policy on nukes: I guess he wants to earn that Nobel ex post facto 2010

Two of the pillar concepts of post-war U.S. foreign policy -- George Kennan's Containment theory and Mutual Assured Destruction -- seem ancient and irrelevant in a world where rogue nations deftly manipulate global powers, information zips across the world in a nanosecond, and suicide bombers travel with impunity across borders.

Daniel Wagner: Brazil and Turkey's Message 2010

Mutual Assured Destruction is the ultimate rationalist argument against nuclear war.

Fernando Espuelas: The Case for Attacking Iran's Nukes 2010

Two of the pillar concepts of post-war U.S. foreign policy -- George Kennan's Containment theory and Mutual Assured Destruction -- seem ancient and irrelevant in a world where rogue nations deftly manipulate global powers, information zips across the world in a nanosecond, and suicide bombers travel with impunity across borders.

Daniel Wagner: Brazil and Turkey's Message 2010

Mutual Assured Destruction is alive and well, but today it is not just a feature of nuclear strategy but a fact of the global economy.

Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » China As The New Japan 2009

In line with the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction, they soothingly tell us, the mullahs can be deterred by the fear of retaliation much as the far more heavily armed Soviets and Chinese were deterred during the cold war.

How Obama's America Might Threaten Israel 2009

It's the logic of Mutual Assured Destruction, my friends.

Huckabee Comes Out Against Third-Party Conservative Campaign 2009

Each side calculated the escalation of the war to match the other side against a backdrop of the unthinkable Mutual Assured Destruction.

Stephen Herrington: No Vietnam is This 2009

Worse still: As currently conceived, it is even an offensive weapon that breaks the Mutual Assured Destruction standoff.

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