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Mutually assured destruction

Mutually assured destruction or mutual assured destruction (MAD) 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 result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on…

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Mutually assured destruction

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Mutually assured destruction → Either, Emerging, However, If, MAD, The, Under MAD

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South Koreainstance ofthus rendering non-nuclear neighboring states0.80text
Japan incapable of resolving the destabilizing effect of North Korea via military forceinstance ofthus rendering non-nuclear neighboring states0.80text
Mutually assured destructionrelated to TheoryUnder MAD0.60section
Mutually assured destructionrelated to TheoryEither0.60section
Mutually assured destructionrelated to TheoryThe0.60section
Mutually assured destructionrelated to TheoryIf0.60section
Mutually assured destructionrelated to TheoryMAD0.60section
Mutually assured destructionrelated to TheoryHowever0.60section
Mutually assured destructionrelated to TheoryEmerging0.60section

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