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mutual assured destruction: see nuclear strategy nuclear strategy, a policy for the use of nuclear weapons . The first atomic bombs were used in the context of the Allies' World War II policy of strategic bombing. Early in the cold war , U.S.
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The parity was in effect built on a "balance of fear"--the fear of mutual assured destruction [MAD].

The secret battle of the superpowers by Kulikov, V.A. / Military Thought

and Russia are no longer adversaries, and, therefore, that such Cold War notions as mutual assured destruction are no longer appropriate as the defining characteristic of our strategic relationship.

Conference on Disarmament by Bolton, John R. / DISAM Journal

During the Cold War, our nation's defense against a nuclear attack was based upon the concept of mutual assured destruction.

U.S. STILL UNPREPARED FOR BIOTERRORIST ATTACK by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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