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There is no "mutually assured destruction" in sub-nuclear weapons. If you're in the Northern Emisphere you might be lucky and never be shot (this does not apply to North America), but if you're in a poorer country, you're not safe from being bombed or in the mid of a war. How did this MAD you're talking about help any Afghan children?

It's called mutually assured destruction, not one-sided nor with exceptions.

It is MAD for powerful countries with those resources when they are up against similar powerful countries.

Plus, if it wasn't for the nuke, the Soviets would've conquered Europe and possibly US too.