M.A.D. stands for Mutually Assured Destruction, a military doctrine that assumes that stability can be ensured when both sides know that they can completely destroy the other side. In this case, it obviously refers to the nuclear policy held by the USA and USSR during the Cold War.
As Heaven 17 wryly note, we might as well take the "M" out of M.A.D, since the reality of this situation is that everything will be destroyed.
M.A.D. stands for Mutually Assured Destruction, a military doctrine that assumes that stability can be ensured when both sides know that they can completely destroy the other side. In this case, it obviously refers to the nuclear policy held by the USA and USSR during the Cold War.
As Heaven 17 wryly note, we might as well take the "M" out of M.A.D, since the reality of this situation is that everything will be destroyed.