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Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by js8 on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:55AM (#18540975)
My takeaway from this is that governments do not always act rationally, and therefore MAD doctrine, which assumes that the actors are rational, is a dangerous nonsense.
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Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by graeme on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @10:16AM (#18542889)
What's the alternative to MAD? We still have it. People have calmed down, but it remains.

I always took it to be a description of the state of play once nukes exist.

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Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by js8 on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @11:32AM (#18543742)
The alternative to MAD is slow, painstaking process of nuclear disarmament. Mutually-assured disarmament, if you will.
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Re:A military exercise staged 35 years ago almost triggered ... by graeme on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @12:37PM (#18544492)
How do you do that though? Whoever doesn't disarm has a massive advantage.
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