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David P
May 24, 2017

It is what it says.

Explanation:

MAD means that if one of the superpowers launched an attack on the other, because of the scale of the weapons in numbers and destructive power, along with the fact that neither had a distinct advantage, as mentioned in the previous answer, the country attacked would be able to retaliate, leading to the certain (assured) destruction of both countries (mutual).

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