> MAD basically assures no hot war Wait, wait, wait. That's not a fact, and in fact a known piece of propaganda. First. Even, an all out nuclear exchange in

> MAD basically assures no hot war Wait, wait, wait. That's not a fact, and in fact a known piece of propaganda. First. Even, an all out nuclear exchange in between superpowers, in an unrealistic scenario without counterstrikes, and zero nuclear attrition, a superpower like US, Russia, or China will "only" loose a low single digits of population. Communist countries not only wouldn't hesitate to do so, but have a history doing that to themselves. USSR killed at a minimum 10% of its own population with fully intentional punitive starvation. Mao did the same, and Pol Pot have beaten both. Second. Even after a nuclear exchange, both superpowers would have at least a half of its military functioning, and very, very angry. Third, after exhausting all nukes, and high-tech weaponry, both countries would proceed to a long, and exhausting conventional war, which will kill way more people than any nukes can.