Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) is reliant upon

a. Country A is unlikely to launch a first strike, because in doing so, it would destroy itself when Country B retaliates.
b. Country A is likely to attack and take the consequences of a counterstrike.
c. Country A assumes that Country B is unlikely to attack.
d. Country B lacks the technology to determine a nuclear strike.
e. Country A, B, and C agree to a pact of non-proliferation.

a

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