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Under which president was the policy of mutual assured destruction used?
Ronald Reagan
When did the 'Mutual Assured Destruction' began?
It began in the 1940s at the start of the Cold War.
What factors discouraged the use of nuclear bombs during the cold war?
Mutual Assured Destruction and proxy wars.
What are some ways we tried to stop the Soviet Union in the cold war?
mutual assured destruction, espionage, detente.
What is the importance of Mutual Assured Destruction?
It ensures (hopefully) that both nations are too frightened to launch their nuclear munitions.
What did the Mutual assured destruction state?
If you try to blow me up I will blow you up. Nobody wins, so don't try.
What was the cold war strategy where by the US was prepared to engage in massive nuclear retaliation at anytime?
MAD - Mutual Assured Destruction
What is mutual assured destruction?
The level of nuclear weapons required to completely destroy both sides in any war making use of such weapons.
What does Mutual assured destruction depend on?
Mutual Assured Destruction was the military posture for most of the Cold War (1945-1991). It was the concept that neither of the superpowers, the US or the USSR could use nuclear weapons to wipe out the other, because the result would be that both sides were destroyed. To that end, both countries built increasingly large and diverse stockpiles of bombers, missiles, ships, and submarines to insure that a first strike would not prevent retaliation. Each side had to be aware of the other's potential and have the ability to counteract any destabilizing technology. With orbital launchers and anti-ballistic missiles banned, eventually the number of nuclear warheads reached a plateau, and both sides agreed to limitation (SALT) and then to reduction (START), which was underway when the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 finally meant a general relaxation in the dangerous stalemate.
During the Cold War the foreign policy of the US called for in the event of a Soviet attack.?
Massive Retaliation
How did MAD prevent war?
MAD, Mutual Assured Destruction, didn't actually prevent war, there were numerous small wars that were paid for by either the US or the USSR. What MAD did was make nuclear war unthinkable to any sane person. If one of the nuclear club had launched their missiles it would have caused instant retribution with enough atomic munitions to kill the population of the earth several times over. It made it so nuclear war was a no win scenario. A good resource for this is the movie, "War Games".
What was the official name of the policy under which either the US or the Soviet Union would respond to a nuclear attack by launching its own missile?
Mutual assured destruction
