| Nuclear parity and fear of mutual assured destruction kept the two rivals in check and helped in preventing war. |
| This prompts me to probe the foundation of traditional deterrence theory, which evolved in the 1960s to the point of mutual assured destruction. |
| Nevertheless, each side has armed itself with high-wattage lawyers that are the legal equivalent of mutual assured destruction. |
| Indeed, the CTBT would have been an impossibility had there not been the final demise of the East-West military confrontation that relied on mutual assured destruction to prevent escalation of conflict. |
| Faced with Soviet totalitarianism, the prospect of mutual assured destruction for the warring parties created by the thermonuclear arsenal played a more important regulatory role than the newly created United Nations. |
| Direct military attacks on adversaries were deterred by the potential for mutual assured destruction using deliverable nuclear weapons. |
