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Mutually assured destruction (view source)
Revision as of 02:11, October 6, 2007
, 02:11, October 6, 2007rmv AmesG
===Strategic Defense Initiative===
===Strategic Defense Initiative===
The Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI), which began development under the [[Ronald Reagan|Regan]] administration, was thought by some groups, especially the Union of Concerned Scientists, to represent a destabilization of MAD.
The [[Strategic Defense Initiative]] (SDI), which began development under the [[Ronald Reagan|Regan]] administration, was thought by some groups, especially the Union of Concerned Scientists, to represent a destabilization of MAD. The reasoning behind this was essentially the same as that of the ABM dilemma above.
===First Strike Capabilities===
"First Strike" systems are those which either preserve a fatal second strike component, or entail independent & undetectable first strike systems. '''"SLBMs"'''', or submarine-launched ballistic missiles, are one time of first strike system employed heavily by the United States. The USSR, in the Cold War, employed '''"RLBMs"''', or rail-mounted ballistic missiles, which is to say that the USSR would use their massive railway system to furtively move and conceal a potent first strike or deterrent system.
==Destabilization Events==
*Cuban Missile Crisis
==Cultural Influences==
The cultural influences of MAD were pervasive, down to the acronym itself.