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Science and technology was harnessed to create whole new classes of weapon systems with previously unimagined performance, accuracy and, lethality. Technological innovation was to have a profound impact on military doctrine and international relations. The most dramatic expression was to come with the development of the hydrogen bomb and the emergence of the doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD): the costs of direct conflict became so high that innovations had the effect of deterring large-scale aggression between the Superpowers.
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