MAD

Noun

abbreviation alt-of countable initialism uncountable acronym

Japanese Meaning

相互確証破壊 / 磁気異常探知装置 / （遺伝学において）mothers against decapentaplegic

What is this buttons?

During the Cold War, policymakers debated whether MAD truly prevented nuclear conflict.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

冷戦時代、政策立案者たちは相互確証破壊が本当に核衝突を防いだかどうかを議論した。

Details

Sense（1）

Initialism of mutual assured destruction or mutually assured destruction.

[T]he only bombs anyone dropped—on Hiroshima and Nagasaki—were Uncle Sam's message to non-nuclear Japan. MAD was salvation. MAD was security. MAD was the way of life most of us grew up with, the prevailing logic of uneasy peace. So whatever became of our mad, mad world?

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