| Was that enormous number crucial to deterrence, knowing that it was many times what is required for mutually assured destruction? |
| 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 guiding principle of the cold war, mutually assured destruction, was to deter the use of nuclear weapons by either side. |
| The models that received the most attention were those of deterrence, of a balance of terror and of mutually assured destruction. |
| If it comes to the crunch, there will still be mutually assured destruction. |
| Shared recognition of the reality of mutually assured destruction offered a perversely predictable stability. |
