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IMO mutually-assured destruction only really guarantees that powers won't use nukes against each other.
by mmastrac 8y ago
IMO mutually-assured destruction only really guarantees that powers won't use nukes against each other.
- MichaelMoser123 8y agothe fear of MAD also implies that a big power spends a lot of effort to avoid running into a direct military confrontation against another great power; direct confrontations run the risk of escalating into all out war. That's why you have so many proxy conflicts - these ugly little conflicts add some layers of indirection so to speak.