mutual assured destruction

短语

相互保证毁灭

别名

mutually assured destruction

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    相互保证毁灭

    不可数 政治 军事

词源

A pun on "assured destruction" ("a highly reliable ability to inflict unacceptable damage ... even after absorbing a surprise first strike"), a term used in discussions of American nuclear strategy in the 1960s. Perhaps coined by Donald Brennan, conservative defense analyst and a public critic of the policy.

来源：wiktionary