KPFK News, September 26, 2023 End of MAD, End of us w, Mark Sleboda

KPFK News September 26, 2023 End of MAD End of us w, Mark Sleboda Produced by Don DeBar It s been 78 years since the US government dropped a pair of atomic bombs on a pair of major cities in Japan, killing, with two explosions, nearly a half million people mostly civilians in mere seconds. As stockpiles of these were built, the fear of possible extinction gave rise to the strategy of deterrence nuclear weapons use would guarantee an end to all combatants and likely everyone else. So the term MAD or Mutually Assured Destruction came into being. And it has served the world well. Until now. Don DeBar has more. NEWS 092623 mark sleboda end of mad EM