Mutual assured destruction

Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by one of two opposing sides would effectively result in the destruction of both the attacker and the defender. It is based on the theory of deterrence according to which the deployment of strong weapons is essential to threaten the enemy in order to prevent the use of the very same weapons.

“Mutual assured destruction” is strongly related to:

Survivability Second strike Siop On Thermonuclear War Assured destruction Essentials of Post-Cold War Deterrence Nuclear utilization target selection Launch on warning Suicide weapon Absolute war Strike Force (France) Balance of terror Essence of Decision M.A.D. (Veronica Mars) Decapitation strike Nuclear blackmail Counterforce Frisch-Peierls memorandum Fail-deadly Massive retaliation Red Alert (novel) George Washington class submarine Peter George Presidential directive Nuclear-free zone The Butter Battle Book Moral equivalence Nuclear strategy Rogue state START II Tactical nuclear weapon Doomsday event Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle National missile defense Herman Kahn LGM-118A Peacekeeper Stanislav Petrov Fail-safe Doomsday device Harold Brown (Secretary of Defense)

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