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What was the reason for superpowers to engage in an arms race with a stragety of mutually assured destruction?
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Both countries felt that they were safe from attack if they were powerful enough to destroy each other.
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What does MAD stand for in terms of the nuclear arms race?
Mutually Assured Destruction.
How did Mutually Assured Destruction help stop a nuclear war?
Mutually Assured Destruction made sure that both the United States and Russia were too scared to launch their nuclear munitions at one another (no matter how much they'd like to).
What is a policy designed to discourage attack by threatening nuclear war?
MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)
Always being on the edge of nuclear war is called?
I believe this is called Mutually Assured Destruction.
How can a game of chess be compared to mutually assured destruction?
Actually, it can't. Somebody wins in chess, and if the game stalemates, it is unintentional. Mutually Assured Destruction is a kind of engineered stalemate to protect both parties, and forestall nuclear war, where neither side would win.
Why did the two superpowers never fire a shot?
Based on weapons stockpiles, there was mutually assured destruction if the two superpowers went to war
What was the reason for superpowers to engage in an arms race with a strategy of mutually assured destruction?
Both countries felt that they were safe from attack if they were powerful enough to destroy the other.
What was the reason for superpowers to engage in an arms race with strategy of mutually assured destruction?
Both countries felt that they were safe from attack if they were powerful enough to destroy the other.
How do you know Mutually Assured Destruction really worked?
Because if it didnt, the two superpowers would have started a nuclear war which would have begun world war 3
What did the acronym MAD stand for?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Mutually assured destruction and its policies were developed around what weapon?
Mutually assured destruction and its policies were developed around high yield H-bombs that were usually carried by missiles.
What moral question was the heart of the arms race?
Mutually assured destruction
Why did the west not declare was on the USSR?
Wanted to avoid "mutually assured destruction."
What does MAD represent in World War 2?
Mutually Assured Destruction
Do you need to be MAD to want Mutually Assured Destruction?
Maybe.... it depends....
What are the release dates for Red Scare - 2013 Mutually Assured Destruction 1-8?
Red Scare - 2013 Mutually Assured Destruction 1-8 was released on: USA: 19 November 2013
What does MAD stand for in terms of the nuclear arms race?
Mutually Assured Destruction.
