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This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 138. From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a ...

After the US and Soviet Union became capable of Mutually Assured Destruction, safeguards were put in place to prevent World War Three ...

This article originally appeared in History of War magazine issue 138. From the earliest days of the Cold War, both the US and the USSR had nuclear weapons, but only one means of delivering a ...

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“Reminds me of the Cold War: mutual assured destruction,” said one Trump ally, who like others in this story was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the dynamic.

One wrong move, and the world ends. Mutually Assured Destruction isn’t just theory—it’s the doctrine that’s kept global nuclear war in check for decades.

The acronym is a reference to the Cold War era and the Rand-coined MAD, short for mutually assured destruction.