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Default 04-25-2006, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Machette
over time the Chinese and Americans started to realize if they launched a nuclear weapon on each other the world would end, everyone is dead no one wins. That is the principle theory of MAD, and MAD saved us from the cold war. It's incredibly interesting stuff and many see the MAD theory working in Iran, if they realize the capabilities the nukes have they wouldn't possibly end the world.
It's a worry though: The Chinese and the Soviets didn't have a religious ideology that supported their actions....They also weren't notorious for suicide bombings.

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