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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A concept ... to the effect that the international balance of powers today rests on the notion that the two major superpowers, the Soviet Union and the United States, both have at their disposal sufficient arsenals of modern weapons capable of exterminating each other several times over (overkill) in case either of them decided to upset the balance.  4, record 1, English, - balance%20of%20fear

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

balance of fear; balance of terror : terms extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.  5, record 1, English, - balance%20of%20fear

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Principe parfois invoqué par les gouvernements (dans une intention, louable en soi, d'apaisement de l'opinion publique) et selon lequel le rapport des forces en présence serait constant, entre les deux grandes puissances qui se disputent l'hégémonie mondiale; et ce, «quelles que soient les valeurs absolues» (celles-ci étant d'ailleurs en hausse indéfinie) des moyens de destruction dont ils disposent.  2, record 1, French, - %C3%A9quilibre%20de%20la%20terreur

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.  3, record 1, French, - %C3%A9quilibre%20de%20la%20terreur

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

El equilibrio del terror [...] no se [logra] porque las fuerzas sean idénticas y se tengan respeto, [...] sino porque la capacidad de destrucción es total y, por consiguiente, el terror es lo que controla [...]  1, record 1, Spanish, - equilibrio%20del%20terror

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, 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 2, English, - mutually%20assured%20survival

Record number: 2, 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 2, English, - mutually%20assured%20survival

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish