| The goal of equal security was at the roots of the outdated system of balance of power or, more crudely, at the heart of the mutual assured destruction, one of the many sad features of the cold war. |
| Nevertheless, each side has armed itself with high-wattage lawyers that are the legal equivalent of mutual assured destruction. |
| It would also offer a more rational framework for international security than the awesome, doom-laden strategy of mutual assured destruction. |
| Mr. Reagan had considered but was unimpressed by the theory of mutual assured destruction. |
| This prompts me to probe the foundation of traditional deterrence theory, which evolved in the 1960s to the point of mutual assured destruction. |
| In addition, the strategic underpinnings of arms control had been undermined by a growing dissatisfaction in the United States with the principles of mutual assured destruction. |
