First Strike

In nuclear strategy, a first strike is an preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country's ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country can survive the weakened retaliation. The preferred methodology is to attack the opponent's launch facilities and storage depots first. The strategy is called counterforce.
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In nuclear strategy, first strike capability is a country's ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country can survive the weakened retaliation.First strike may also refer to:First Strike (Def Leppard album), an unreleased album recorded by Def Leppard in 1978"First Strike" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the TV series Stargate AtlantisPolice Story 4: First Strike, AKA Jackie Chan's First Strike, a 1995 action movie, a 2003 novel written by Eric Nylund. It is based on the video game seriesFirst Strike (mod), a Star Wars mod for Battlefield 2142
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Noun
1. the initial use of nuclear weapons to attack a country that also has nuclear weapons; considered feasible only when the attacker can destroy the other country's ability to retaliate; "the Pakistani president promised no first strike against India"
(hypernym) strike