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Nuclear utilization target selection (NUTS) is a hypothesis regarding the use of nuclear weapons often contrasted with mutually assured destruction (MAD).[1] NUTS theory at its most basic level asserts that it is possible for a limited nuclear exchange to occur and that nuclear weapons are simply one more rung on the ladder of escalation pioneered by Herman Kahn.[2][3] This leads to a number of other conclusions regarding the potential uses of and responses to nuclear weapons.
- ^ Amadae, S.M. (2016). Prisoners of Reason. New York: Cambridge University Press. pp. 79–93. ISBN 9-781107-064034.
- ^ "Magellan's Log: Herman Kahn: Escalation Ladder". Archived from the original on 13 January 2013.
- ^ Morehead, Joe (1986). Essays on Public Documents and Government Policies. Haworth Press. p. 100. ISBN 0-86656-248-6.