Mutual Assured Destructionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• mutually assured destruction

語源

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.

名詞

mutual assured destruction (uncountable)

1. (politics, public policy, military) The threat of massive retaliation using nuclear weapons should a potential enemy use them first, both sides being annihilated in the event of war.

使用する際の注意点

• In the 1980s, mutual assured destruction was 2–3× more popular. As of 2025, mutually assured destruction is 2–4× more popular.[2][3]

同意語

• MAD

派生語

• assured destruction

参照

参考

• eye for an eye
• internecine
• Kilkenny cat