| 单词 | mutual assured destruction |
| 释义 | mutual assured destruction in British English (ˈmjuːtʃʊəl əˈʃʊəd dɪˈstrʌkʃən) noun ▶ USAGE The acronym for mutual assured destruction is MAD military, US mutual deterrence between countries possessing nuclear weapons, based on the capacity of each to inflict major damage on the other in response to a first strike Mutual Assured Destruction in American Englishnoun a U.S. doctrine of reciprocal deterrence resting on the U.S. and Soviet Union each being able to inflict unacceptable damage on the other in retaliation for a nuclear attack Also called: MAD Examples of 'mutual assured destruction' in a sentence |
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