Mutual Assured Destruction
Mutually assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender (see pre-emptive nuclear strike and second strike). It is based on the theory of deterrence, which holds that the threat of using strong weapons against the enemy prevents the enemy's use of those same weapons. The strategy is a form of Nash equilibrium in which, once armed, neither side has any incentive to initiate a conflict or to disarm. The …
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OSW: Centre for Eastern Studies · 1 February 2024 English
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CASS: Centre for Aerospace and Security Studies · 29 January 2024 English
The IADS must be tailored to meet the operational demands and augment the efficacy of the tri-service components of the Indian armed forces. [...] Rather, the determinative factors lie in …
deterrence stability is the principle of Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), where the mutual vulnerability … “Reclaiming Strategic Stability.” and, “Mutual Assured Destruction”, Encyclopaedia Britannica, https://www … https://www.britannica.com/topic/mutual-assured-destruction. Journal of Aerospace & Security Studies | 89 Moiz …
American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 15 December 2023 English
An analysis on the changing nuclear order since the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, including the status of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, nuclear risk reduction, and …
world of nuclear deterrence based on “mutual assured destruction” created and re- fined in the aftermath …
CCEIA: Cyprus Center for Department of European Studies and International Relations · 4 December 2023
These included the following: (a) first, to undermine the Abraham Accords and the prospect of normalization of Israel’s relations with moderate Arab countries; (b) to prevent the establishment of diplomatic …
time. It was based on the notion of a Mutual Assured Destruction (MUD) which led to Détente. Britain’s …
JIIA: Japan Institute of International Affairs · 30 October 2023 English
Secondly, I survey the history of the “ultimate weapon.” Viewing the nation-state as the first ultimate weapon, I consider what sugggestions the efforts to prevent the outbursts of its destructive …
Cold War strategy. In particular, the Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) theory claimed that there could …
JIIA: Japan Institute of International Affairs · 30 October 2023 English
Secondly, I survey the history of the “ultimate weapon.” Viewing the nation-state as the first ultimate weapon, I consider what sugggestions the efforts to prevent the outbursts of its destructive …
Cold War strategy. In particular, the Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) theory claimed that there could …
CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 29 August 2023 English
limited nuclear war emerged to address the perceived limitations of deterrence premised on mutual assured destruction (MAD). [...] The purpose would be to showcase the destruction potential of nuclear weapons …
limitations of deterrence premised on mutual assured destruction (MAD). As the increase in nuclear warhead …
MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 3 August 2023 English
This is the reason why the Second Artillery was upgraded; unlike the Russian example, the Chinese leadership left out the word “strategic” from the name, instead titled it as only …
defence and its support to offense- based mutual assured destruction as a cornerstone of strategic stability …
CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 31 July 2023 English
This was to mark the start of the end of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty, a bilateral agreement that the USA and USSR had concluded in 1972. [...] It limited …
in the case of the superpowers meant mutual assured destruction. It was agreed that defences destabilise …
CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 31 July 2023
This was to mark the start of the end of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty, a bilateral agreement that the USA and USSR had concluded in 1972. [...] It limited …
in the case of the superpowers meant mutual assured destruction. It was agreed that defences destabilise …
