What does MAD stand for?

Mutually Assured Destruction

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This research project resulted in the dawning of the Atomic Age and the destruction of two Japanese cities, ending the Second World War and ushering in the Cold War era threat of mutually assured destruction by nuclear war.

Historic Photos Of The Manhattan Project

Byline: Irish Daily Mail reporter ROBERT McNAMARA, the man who outlined the nuclear doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction and who was regarded as a chief architect of the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 93.

McNamara 'architect of the war in Vietnam,' dies at 93

A draw could mean mutually assured destruction and at least one big derby game next term.

Make or break time for Boro

During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union lived within the doctrine of mutually assured destruction (MAD), which said the destructive cost of using nuclear weapons precluded their use because both sides would be destroyed.

Russia : Russia Tests Stealth ICBM

And it showed that the price of denying Russia that veto could be high: Absent the threat of mutually assured destruction, the notion that an attack on one Nato member state is an attack on all, to be resisted by all, now seems more likely to lead to conflict than at any time in the Cold War.

The future of Nato..

Even thoughBritain was in decline, it could still produce a master spy able to defeat theorganisers of evil single-handed and without mutually assured destruction.

007: he's just licensed to thrill; Pure escapism: James Bond (Daniel ...

This enemy cannot be deterred by the threat of mutually assured destruction.

Without a robust industrial base DOD will lose future wars

Mutually assured destruction works against tiny Israel.

The Umbrella of Nuclear Mushroom