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The "MAD" (Mutually Assured Destruction) military philosophy is portrayed sardonically as each side guarantees that the other will be checked by the fear of meeting the same fate as one's enemies but in the film the "Russkis" trump the US with the "Doomsday Device" since they can't keep up with the "Missile Gap" .

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