second strike

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• second strike — noun A counter attack (in nuclear warfare) following an initial attack by an enemy • • • Main Entry: ↑second …   Useful english dictionary

• Second strike — In nuclear strategy, second strike capability is a country s assured ability to respond to a nuclear attack with powerful nuclear retaliation against the attacker. To have such an ability (and to convince the opponent of its viability) is… …   Wikipedia

• second strike —    retaliation    Nuclear warfare jargon, and not a further blow from the party making the first strike.    A second strike capability is your ability to reply in kind to a nuclear attack, inflicting secondstrike destruction:     Both superpowers …   How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms

• second-strike — ¦ ̷ ̷  ̷ ̷ ¦ ̷ ̷ adjective : being or relating to a weapons system capable of surviving a nuclear attack and then striking enemy targets * * * second strikeˈ adjective (of a nuclear weapon) specially designed so as to be ready to be used to… …   Useful english dictionary

• second strike capability — atsakomojo smūgio galimybė statusas T sritis apsauga nuo naikinimo priemonių apibrėžtis Gebėjimas išlikti po pirmojo smūgio ir smogti efektyvų kontrsmūgį (paprastai siejamas su branduoliniu ginklu). atitikmenys: angl. second strike capability rus …   Apsaugos nuo naikinimo priemonių enciklopedinis žodynas

• second strike capability — atsakomojo smūgio galimybė statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Galėjimas išlikti po pirmo smūgio su pakankamais ištekliais, kad būtų galima smogti atsakomąjį smūgį (paprastai siejama su branduoliniu ginklu). atitikmenys: angl. second strike… …   NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

• second-strike — sec·ond strike (sĕk ənd strīkʹ) adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a nuclear weapons force able to withstand nuclear attack and therefore capable of delivering a retaliatory attack. * * * …   Universalium

• second strike — The first counterblow of a war. (Generally associated with nuclear operations.) …   Military dictionary

• Second Artillery Corps (China) — The Second Artillery Corps (SAC) (第二炮兵部队) is the strategic missile forces of the People s Republic of China. The SAC is a major division of the People s Liberation Army that controls China s nuclear and conventional strategic missiles. China s… …   Wikipedia

• Strike Witches — Japanese light novel cover of Strike Witches volume 1 ストライクウィッチーズ Genre Military science fiction …   Wikipedia

• Second Intifada — Part of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict and Arab–Israeli conflict Clockwise from above: A masked P …   Wikipedia