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That's the point of MAD. It's a Mexican Standoff, if anyone pulls the nuclear trigger then everyone does and everyone dies. That doesn't mean you can win by oth
by throwaway4aday 5y ago
That's the point of MAD. It's a Mexican Standoff, if anyone pulls the nuclear trigger then everyone does and everyone dies. That doesn't mean you can win by other means, any action that threatens the other party will be met with the nuclear option. The only players allowed to move or be moved upon are those outside of the game. Treaties like NATO can bring non-nuclear powers into the fold which serves to "protect" them but also signs them up for the suicide pact.
- mgamache 5y agoMAD assumes rational actors. As soon as you introduce crazy people (AKA Putin) that no longer functions. Even if Putin is rational it's plausible that he is not, so he is an asymmetrical threat.
- throwaway4aday 5y agoWe did it first[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman_theory