What does M.A.D. mean? M.A.D. refers to the full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two opposing sides, resulting in one clear, obvious outcome – mutually assured destruction.

Nixon and Brezhnev, National Archives Mutually Assured Destruction The key weapon of the Cold War, the nuclear bomb, was never used during that conflict, but the possibility of its use cast a long ...

Yes, human life – all life – will likely be destroyed in a nuclear war, but that’s just ... at the very edge of MADness, a.k.a., mutually assured destruction. Is there no way beyond this ...