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It is interesting that most of the comments on the Strategic Defence Initiative of the American President deal with the question of whether a perfect missile defence is technically feasible at all, and whether it could create the precondition for replacing the Mutual Assured Destruction philosophy (MAD) by a Mutual Assured Survival strategy (MAS).
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Schmähling, E. (1987). Prospects and Possible Consequences for Defence in Central Europe. In: Holdren, J., Rotblat, J. (eds) Strategic Defences and the Future of the Arms Race. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18675-4_15
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