mutually assured destruction

The almost certain scenario that would occur after nuclear war. It says that the opposing forces would be utterly anihilated, leaving the Earth an uninhabitable, radioactive wasteland.
The only result of nuclear war, Mr. President, is mutually assured destruction.
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mutually assured destruction

A Cold War idea that neither the U.S. or the U.S.S.R. would use nuclear weapons on the other, knowing attack would lead to a mutually devatating counterattack.
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mutually assured destruction

a stalemate in a war where both (or more) sides have wordweapons of mass destruction/word.
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Where two guys face each other, wanking off, and try to have both ejaculates collide in mid-air, thus averting catastrophe.
Shall we save the world again tomorrow, Bill?

...from mutually assured destruction
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mutually assured destruction

A concept that arose out of the Cold War between the US and USSR. The idea was that both sides had enough fire power and the technology to monitor and deliver it that if either side made a move, the end result would be the destruction of both sides. Sometimes shortened to MAD (which is what it was).
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mutually assured destruction

term used during the cold war. was used to describe the effect of one party making use of nuclear weapons, which would cause a retaliatory attack from the victim. eventually, both partys, the attacker and victim, would be completly destroyed by the nuclear weapons and no one would win. MAD was on of the main things keeping russia from attacking the US with nukes.
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What Microsoft ensures- a destroyed computer, and the destroyed mind of the one that was working on the computer.
Microsoft comes with a mutually assured destruction guarantee.
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