Mutually assured destruction (MAD) is a military strategy and national security policy that asserts if two opposing sides both possess enough nuclear weaponry to destroy each other, then neither side will initiate a conflict that could lead to nuclear war. This concept relies on the idea that the full-scale use of nuclear weapons by one side would result in the total annihilation of both, thereby deterring either from launching a first strike.
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