mutual assured destruction

الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية

تعريف mutual assured destruction في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.

The threat of massive retaliation using nuclear weapons should a potential enemy use them first, both sides being annihilated in the event of war

Severe, unavoidable reciprocal damage that superpowers are likely to inflict on each other or their allies in a nuclear war, conceived as the heart of a doctrine of nuclear deterrence

constant threat that was present between the USA and the Soviet Union and which helped prevent nuclear war (both countries had the ability to completely annihilate the other), MAD

الواصلة

mu·tu·al as·sured de·struc·tion

التركية النطق

myuçıwıl ışûrd dîstrʌkşın

المترادفات

mad, nuclear holocaust

النطق

/ˈmyo͞oʧəwəl əˈsʜo͝ord dəsˈtrəksʜən/ /ˈmjuːʧəwəl əˈʃʊrd dɪsˈtrʌkʃən/

علم أصول الكلمات

() ( mutual + ( assured + destruction ) )