| In geopolitics, the doctrine of mutually assured destruction prevents the use of weapons of mass destruction against a foe. |
| But my point is this: that the paradigm of mutually assured destruction served as an easy way to grasp the concept during the cold war. |
| I still hope that we can turn this around before we pass the point of no return and head down the path of mutually assured destruction. |
| The models that received the most attention were those of deterrence, of a balance of terror and of mutually assured destruction. |
| Shared recognition of the reality of mutually assured destruction offered a perversely predictable stability. |
| Was that enormous number crucial to deterrence, knowing that it was many times what is required for mutually assured destruction? |
