Blogs about: Mutually Assured Destruction

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A blast from the past

lichanos wrote 1 week ago: In utrumque paratus…That little bit of Latin means “prepared for either…”  … more →

Tags: History, War, Nuclear war, Armageddon, Cold War, USSR, thanatos, Arms race

With Missiles and Nukes on Both Sides, Is the Middle East Going MAD?

johnibii wrote 1 month ago: By Ariel Cohen The Washington Times The forthcoming Russian anti-aircraft system in Iran may precip … more →

Tags: News, Politics, Israel, Nuclear, Iran, Missiles, Mad

Would We Know Minimal Deterrence if We Saw It?

B Gourley wrote 1 month ago: The United States faces a dilemma with respect to its nuclear arsenal. On one hand, it, like the oth … more →

Tags: Ballistic Missile, Defense, deterrence, Foreign Policy, International Relations, Iran, military, missile defense, national security

The world ends with a heavy dose of satire

Bill the sci-fi guy wrote 2 months ago: I can’t remember ever reading a novel with such a serious message, presented in such a humorou … more →

Tags: Books, Science Fiction, Sci-Fi, James Morrow, This is the way the world ends, Nuclear Weapons

Final Week1 comment

theamazingfruitsalad wrote 3 months ago: Did you see The sky light up the clouds part and the heavens open? The heat of seven thousand suns d … more →

Tags: 1, Everything, nuclear explosions

War of Words: He Said, She Said

obamashatchetman wrote 3 months ago: “Iran, Cuba, Venezuela — these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don’t pos … more →

Tags: He said, she said, John McCain, Barack Obama, Iran, Billings, Soviet Union, Pendleton

Social Psychology: Escaping the Prisoner's Dilemma

grant czerepak wrote 6 months ago: For the past several decades the Prisoners’ Dilemma has been a dominant frame in Game Theory. … more →

Tags: Game Theory, Prisoner's Dilemma, persecutor, Rescuer, Victim, Exploitation, Collaboration, Distribution, incompletion

Romney's rationale for sticking it out post-Florida and other suicidal tendencies

dotan wrote 7 months ago: Jason Bonham quotes Romney in a race42008.com blog burst titled Romney on Good Morning America [Romn … more →

Tags: 2008, Analysis, Argument, campaign communications, campaign communiques, campaign finance, campaign literature, Campaign Management, conservatism

Schultz Perry Kissinger Nunn Op-ed

B Gourley wrote 7 months ago: On Tuesday (January 15, 2008) a Wall Street JournalOp-Ed appeared as a sequel to a one year old op … more →

Tags: Politics, Society, Nuclear, WMD Proliferation, Russia, ICBM, missile defense, NMD, Ballistic Missile

Prophylactic War and the Choice Doctrine. Hmmm, Could it work?2 comments

Wolf Pangloss wrote 7 months ago: Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD) was posited on the premise that the USA and the USSR were both unco … more →

Tags: Politics, Satire, military, united states, prophylactic war, choice doctrine

Roadmap to Zero: Is Disarmament Possible?

B Gourley wrote 8 months ago: Among nuclear nonproliferation topics, one of the least seriously considered areas of debate is nuc … more →

Tags: Ballistic Missile, defense economics, deterrence, Disarmament, Foreign Policy, george schultz, Henry Kissinger, IAEA, International Atomic Energy Agency

Doth China Protest Too Much: Patriot Upgrade Sales 1 comment

B Gourley wrote 9 months ago: This week China announce that the reason it had turned away US naval vessels from Hong Kong was in r … more →

Tags: Politics, War, China, military, technology, aircraft, Aerospace, ICBM, missile defense

As The Fog Clears: January 21st, 20081 comment

destogate wrote 9 months ago: Disclaimer: What follows is a work of pure fiction and not foresight. The views expressed are just a … more →

Tags: Politics, media, Pakistan, Society, Psychology, Art, Nawaz Sharif, Benazir Bhutto, Geo

Why Not Mutually Assured CONSTRUCTION?2 comments

jlseagull wrote 9 months ago: Mutually Assured Destruction as its acronym implies is MAD. As I was engaging in an earlier discussi … more →

Tags: Mene Tekal Speaks, Violence, Life, Peace, nonviolence, Thoughts, Nuclear Weapons, Politics, War

A bully in an unipolar world

Anon wrote 10 months ago: Oh Phaedrus, you do remember when you were among friends in a tavern about 15 years ago, when news f … more →

Tags: Soviet Union, iraq, Cold War, unipolar, Bully, terrorists, hamas, 9/11

Deterrence is a Ballistic Missile Launching Submarine: At Sea and On Patrol

johnib wrote 1 year ago: V.V.V.V. equals four big reasons for UK to stay nuclear By Charles Moore The Telegraph (London, UK) … more →

Tags: Iran, India, Nuclear, North Korea, Pakistan, Israel, Arms race, Accountability, Politics


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