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Nuclear utilization target selection
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<p>Nuclear utilization target selection (NUTS) is a <a href="/facts/Hypothesis/gMABEJul">hypothesis</a> regarding the use of nuclear weapons often contrasted with <a href="/facts/Mutual_assured_destruction/ImetP5jV">mutually assured destruction (MAD)</a>. NUTS theory at its most basic level asserts that it is possible for a limited nuclear exchange to occur and that <a href="/facts/Nuclear_weapons/QVdBcMdm">nuclear weapons</a> are simply one more rung on the ladder of escalation pioneered by <a href="/facts/Herman_Kahn/fxbFj7m3">Herman Kahn</a>. This leads to a number of other conclusions regarding the potential uses of and responses to nuclear weapons. </p>