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The idea of mutually assured destruction prevented the Soviet Union from launching a nuclear attack on the United States.

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It prevented either country from attacking the other because of the threat of an immediate return attack.

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The knowlege that both sides would certainly be destroyed in any all-out war would prevent either side from starting hostilities.

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