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The 30 pages that link to Mutually assured destruction, each with the reason it gives.

• Cuban Missile CrisisRelated: The crisis made the consequences of a nuclear exchange tangible to both governments.

• Nuclear weaponRelated: It captures the reciprocal vulnerability that shaped Cold War nuclear strategy.

• United States Air ForceRelated: The Air Force’s nuclear forces became part of the U.S. capacity underlying this doctrine.

• ContainmentRelated: Nuclear retaliation became a central means of preventing Soviet expansion by force.

• DétenteRelated: The prospect of mutual devastation gave both governments an incentive to negotiate limits.

• Ballistic missileRelated: Survivable ballistic missile forces make retaliation central to this deterrence logic.

• Air defenseRelated: Missile defenses raised questions about whether interception could weaken nuclear deterrence.

• New LookRelated: Later nuclear planning exposed the risks of relying on threats of massive retaliation.

• Nuclear submarineRelated: Concealed ballistic missile submarines make a second-strike force harder to destroy.

• Strategic Arms Limitation TalksRelated: SALT’s limits operated within a deterrence system based on the threat of retaliation.

• Nuclear brinkmanshipRelated: The prospect of reciprocal catastrophe gives nuclear threats their coercive force.

• Second-strike capabilityRelated: Secure second strikes help make retaliation credible for both sides.

• Thermonuclear weaponRelated: Thermonuclear arsenals made reciprocal devastation a central feature of Cold War strategy.

• Submarine-launched ballistic missileRelated: Survivable submarine forces helped make retaliation possible even after a surprise attack.

• Strategic Defense InitiativeRelated: Reagan presented missile defense as a challenge to deterrence based on the threat of mutual nuclear destruction.

• Nuclear warfareRelated: This doctrine treats vulnerability to retaliation as a restraint on nuclear attack.

• Heavy bomberRelated: Nuclear-armed heavy bombers became one element of the retaliatory forces underpinning this doctrine.

• Ohio-class submarineRelated: The Ohio class strengthens the retaliatory capability central to this doctrine.

• World War IIIRelated: It explains why a nuclear world war threatens catastrophic losses on every side.