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mutual assured destruction

doctrine of military strategy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender
Event Military Doctrine Q637802
mutual assured destruction
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Facts

4 properties
Instance of
military doctrine
Short name
MAD, DMA[3][4]
Different from
Madrid-Barajas Airport, nuclear deterrent[5][6]
Said to be the same as
balance of terror[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en mutually assured destruction en MAD en mutual assured destruction ar دمار متبادل cs vzájemně zaručené zničení da gensidigt sikret ødelæggelse de Gleichgewicht des Schreckens de MAD el Αμοιβαία εξασφαλισμένη καταστροφή es destrucción mutua asegurada fa تخریب حتمی متقابل fi molemminpuolinen varma tuho fr destruction mutuelle assuree fr destruction mutuelle assurée fr DMA fr doctrine MAD he השמדה הדדית מובטחת hu MAD-doktrína id kepastian saling menghancurkan it distruzione mutua assicurata
🔖 Identifiers · 10
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
bipusiskai-garantuotas-sunaikinimas
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
2XwD13
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
141511
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/mutual-assured-destruction
Freebase ID
/m/0cg6d
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
mutual-assured-destruction
Namuwiki ID
상호확증파괴
Pixiv Encyclopedia ID
相互確証破壊
RationalWiki ID
Mutually_assured_destruction
TV Tropes ID
Main/MutuallyAssuredDestruction

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Madrid-Barajas Airport
Instance of 1
military doctrine
Said to be the same as 1
balance of terror
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balance of terror
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Summary

mutual assured destruction is a military doctrine[1].

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  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Putnik · 2026-09-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online → bipusiskai-garantuotas-sunaikinimas
    "Created claim: Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online: bipusiskai-garantuotas-sunaikinimas"
  2. 17w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 2XwD13
    Instance of → military doctrine
    Different from → Madrid-Barajas Airport, nuclear deterrent
    Said to be the same as → balance of terror
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #40849: ZGBK ID"
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