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Mutual Assured Destruction: Then and Now
Heartland Institute ^ | 10/10/23 | Clifford F. Thies

Posted on 10/10/2023 8:55:38 AM PDT by Redmen4ever

The Hungarian polymath John von Neumann developed the doctrine, although some attribute it or its acronym to others.

(Excerpt) Read more at heartland.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; War
KEYWORDS: china; iran; nuclearwar; russia
why MAD worked during the Cold War and why it might not work today
1 posted on 10/10/2023 8:55:38 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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To: Redmen4ever

the results will be the same.......almost everyone dead. But the Elites think they can come out of their bunkers with a reduced topside population of 1/2 billion, so they are now conditioning the Sheeple to believe a nuke war will be limited to military installations.


2 posted on 10/10/2023 9:16:12 AM PDT by davidb56
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To: Redmen4ever

I thought that MAD was more associated with Herman Kahn, although he worked with von Neuman at RAND.


3 posted on 10/10/2023 9:16:56 AM PDT by FarCenter
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To: Redmen4ever
Just replace the winking image of Vault Boy with Bill Gates...

Of course, only the Deep State's approval folks would be allowed to enter...

4 posted on 10/10/2023 9:22:16 AM PDT by COBOL2Java ("Life without liberty is like a body without spirit." - Kahlil Gibran)
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To: FarCenter

Could be, quite a few people are associated with the idea. But, if you think about it, the theory is really just common sense.


5 posted on 10/10/2023 9:28:17 AM PDT by Redmen4ever
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“”But, if you think about it, the theory is really just common sense.””

No kidding, MAD is a natural position to take when a major nuke power is facing another major nuke power, your only defense is, since you can destroy us if you launch, then we are going to take you out with us.


6 posted on 10/10/2023 10:47:21 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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