Vladimir_Golovin comments on Cascio in The Atlantic, more on cognitive enhancement as existential risk mitigation - Less Wrong
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But the US did bomb Japan. For each new existentially threatening tech, the first power to develop it won't be bound by MAD.
There could be cases when an older-generation technology can be used to assure destruction. Say, if the new tech doesn't prevent ICBMs and nuclear explosions, both sides will still be bound by MAD.