| The guiding principle of the cold war, mutually assured destruction, was to deter the use of nuclear weapons by either side. |
| In geopolitics, the doctrine of mutually assured destruction prevents the use of weapons of mass destruction against a foe. |
| Was that enormous number crucial to deterrence, knowing that it was many times what is required for mutually assured destruction? |
| As the Cold War evolved, many of the most influential strategists, began to turn away from mutually assured destruction as it became clear that the strategy was far from guaranteed to work. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
