Multiple choice

What is the Mutual Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) philosophy predicated on?  

  1. Nuclear warfare is suicide and suicide is illogical

  2. There is never enough firepower for a military

  3. Hiroshima and Nagasaki taught us valuable lessons

  4. Everyone should be able to have nuclear weapons
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Explanation

Mutual Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) is based on the premise that 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, making such an attack illogical.

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