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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

[The] mutual deterrence between countries possessing nuclear weapons, based on the capacity of each to inflict major damage on the other in response to a first strike.  3, record 1, English, - mutual%20assured%20destruction

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

mutual assured destruction; MAD: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  4, record 1, English, - mutual%20assured%20destruction

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

mutual assured destruction; MAD: designations standardized by NATO and officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.  4, record 1, English, - mutual%20assured%20destruction

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Concept de dissuasion réciproque reposant sur la capacité de s'infliger des dommages intolérables après avoir survécu à une première attaque nucléaire.  3, record 1, French, - destruction%20mutuelle%20assur%C3%A9e

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

destruction mutuelle assurée; MAD : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN et uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.  4, record 1, French, - destruction%20mutuelle%20assur%C3%A9e

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS

destruction mutuelle assurée : désignation tirée du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.  4, record 1, French, - destruction%20mutuelle%20assur%C3%A9e

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The ability to survive a first strike with sufficient resources to deliver an effective counterblow(generally associated with nuclear weapons).  3, record 2, English, - second%20strike%20capability

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

second strike capability: term and definition standardized by NATO.  4, record 2, English, - second%20strike%20capability

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

second strike capability; strike-back capability: terms extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  5, record 2, English, - second%20strike%20capability

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Capacité de survivre à une première frappe avec des moyens suffisants pour riposter de façon efficace (cette riposte est généralement associée à l'emploi d'armes nucléaires).  3, record 2, French, - capacit%C3%A9%20de%20seconde%20frappe

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

capacité de deuxième frappe : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.  4, record 2, French, - capacit%C3%A9%20de%20seconde%20frappe

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS

capacité de seconde frappe; capacité de riposte : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.  5, record 2, French, - capacit%C3%A9%20de%20seconde%20frappe

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Capacidad de sobrevivir a un primer golpe con suficientes recursos para realizar un contragolpe eficaz. (Generalmente asociado a las armas nucleares.)  1, record 2, Spanish, - capacidad%20de%20respuesta

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The initial employment of specific military measures, such as nuclear weapons, during the conduct of a war.  2, record 3, English, - first%20use

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A belligerent could execute a second strike in response to aggression, yet be the first to employ nuclear weapons.  2, record 3, English, - first%20use

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the long-standing NATO policy that nuclear weapons, and implicity the threat of their first use, make "the risks of any aggression incalculable and unacceptable" by denying potential aggressors any certainty about the "nature of the Allies’ response to military aggression."  3, record 3, English, - first%20use

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[... la Russie ne saurait exclure le principe d'un emploi en premier de l'arme nucléaire.  2, record 3, French, - emploi%20en%20premier

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Strategic nuclear capability that, in relation to the adversary's vulnerability, makes a first strike possible, or that makes a first strike strategy possible, but that may not be sufficient for a second strike.  2, record 4, English, - first%20strike%20capability

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Capacité nucléaire suffisamment grande pour frapper en premier d'une façon telle que l'opération se solde par un succès militaire, mais pas nécessairement suffisante pour riposter efficacement contre un premier coup.  2, record 4, French, - capacit%C3%A9%20de%20premi%C3%A8re%20frappe

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In their view, a builddown of offense and a buildup of defense(whether cooperative or not) could lead to a transition from mutual assured destruction(MAD) to mutually assured survival(MAS) which should be a more stable world without the dangers of first strike, unintentional nuclear war and nuclear attack by small nuclear powers.  2, record 5, English, - mutually%20assured%20survival

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

Instead of trying to negotiate balance within the "balance of terror" that will hang over the heads of generations to come, let’s negotiate to see if we can make mutually assured survival work. It’s far less provocative for both sides to be building castle walls than for both sides to be amassing cannon.  3, record 5, English, - mutually%20assured%20survival

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A nuclear attack designed to destroy as much as possible of the other side's offensive weapons in the belief that it had begun, or was about to begin, launching a first strike.  3, record 6, English, - pre%2Demptive%20attack

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

pre-emptive attack: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  4, record 6, English, - pre%2Demptive%20attack

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Attaque nucléaire visant à détruire dans la plus grande mesure possible les moyens offensifs de l'ennemi; elle est déclenchée lorsqu'on est convaincu que l'ennemi a lancé une première frappe ou est sur le point de le faire.  3, record 6, French, - attaque%20anticip%C3%A9e

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Définitions du livre blanc sur la défense dans les années 70.  3, record 6, French, - attaque%20anticip%C3%A9e

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS

attaque anticipée; attaque préventive; attaque préemptive : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.  4, record 6, French, - attaque%20anticip%C3%A9e

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A strategic concept which excludes preemptive and preventive actions before the onset of a war. After an aggressor initiates hostilities, the defender retaliates. In general nuclear war, this implies the ability to survive a surprise first strike and respond effectively.  2, record 7, English, - second%20strike

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Situation obtaining between nuclear powers when each is deterred from attacking the other(i. e., launching a first strike) because the damage expected to result from the victim's retaliation(second strike) would be unacceptable.  2, record 9, English, - mutual%20deterrence

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Situation entre deux puissances nucléaires dans laquelle chacune d'elles est dissuadée de l'attaque du fait que chacune d'elles possède une capacité de frappe en second susceptible de provoquer chez l'autre des destructions intolérables.  1, record 9, French, - dissuasion%20r%C3%A9ciproque

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A highly reliable ability to inflict unacceptable damage on any aggressor or combination of aggressors at any time during the course of a nuclear exchange, even after absorbing a surprise first strike.  1, record 10, English, - assured%20destruction

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish