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The first counterblow of a war. (Generally associated with nuclear operations.)

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second-strike			Until now, Chinese shipbuilders and weapons scientists have never managed to construct the reliable fleet ballistic missile submarine the nation needs to furnish an invulnerable second-strike capability. China's new undersea nuclear deterrent: strategy, doctrine, and ... by Yoshihara, Toshi; Holmes, James R. / Joint Force Quarterly This would involve deterrence of attack by means of a well-publicized second-strike capability, in this case from the seafloor, as practised by the Great Powers under the MAD regime during the Cold War. The Middle East and the nightmare of nuclear proliferation by Land, Thomas / Contemporary Review You don't attack or blackmail other states unless you have what the nuclear planner calls an assured second-strike capability. Double standards: why North Korea got the bomb by Pfaff, William / Commonweal			second thought second trimester Second Vatican Council second wind Second World Second World War second-best second-class second-class citizen Second-cut file second-degree burn second-generation second-guess second-hand second-hand speech second-hand store second-homer second-in-command second-place finish second-rate second-rater Second-sight Second-sighted second-story man second-strike Second-strike capability second-string second-stringer second-year secondaries secondarily Secondariness secondary secondary accent Secondary age Secondary alcohol secondary amenorrhea Secondary amputation Secondary axis secondary battery secondary cell secondary censorship Secondary circle Secondary circuit secondary coil secondary color secondary colors secondary colour secondary consumer Secondary coverts Secondary crystal			second-rate second-rateness second-rateness second-rater second-rater second-raters second-raters second-remove subroutine second-set phenomenon second-set reaction second-set rejection Second-sight second-sighted second-sighted second-site mutation second-site mutation second-site mutation second-site mutation Second-Stage Conduit Second-Stage Conduit Container Second-Stage Juvenile second-stage reconstruction second-stage surgery second-stage surgery second-stage surgery second-stage surgery second-story man second-story thief second-strike second-strike Second-strike capability second-string second-stringer Second-system effect Second-Tier City Second-Tier Market Second-Tier Markets second-tier stock Second-Tier Stocks Second-Time-Around Echo Second-Time-Around Echo Second-to-Die Second-to-die insurance Second-Trimester Loss second-trip echo second-wind phenomenon Second-World second-year second-year ice Second-Year Law Student Second-Year Medical Student Second-Year Tulane Medical Student Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli secondaries secondaries secondaries secondaries secondarily secondarily secondarily secondarily

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second strike (redirected from Second-strike capability)

second strike
(redirected from Second-strike capability)