It began in the 1940s at the start of the Cold War.
It ensures (hopefully) that both nations are too frightened to launch their nuclear munitions.
Mutual assured destruction
The MAD policy is quite simple. It stands for Mutually Assured Destruction. The policy prevents a country from using nuclear weapons of mass destruction. For example, if say country X uses nuclear weapons on country N, then country N, will also use nuclear weapons on country x. In other words, both countries will be annihilated.
Mutually Assured Destruction.
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).
Ronald Reagan
Mutual Assured Destruction and proxy wars.
mutual assured destruction, espionage, detente.
It ensures (hopefully) that both nations are too frightened to launch their nuclear munitions.
If you try to blow me up I will blow you up. Nobody wins, so don't try.
MAD - Mutual Assured Destruction
The level of nuclear weapons required to completely destroy both sides in any war making use of such weapons.
Massive Retaliation
Mutual assured destruction
Preventing other countries with nuclear munitions from using them (nuclear deterrence, mutual assured destruction). Or, obviously, to end the world
It was a standoff called MAD-mutual assured destruction. Who ever attacked first would also be destroyed. MAD is just what it was---insane.
Massive retaliation. The policy was called MAD- Mutual Assured Destruction. If you blow up my country, I will blow up your country.