second-strike

sec·ond-strike

(sĕk′ənd-strīk′)

adj.

Of, relating to, or constituting a nuclear-weapons force able to withstand nuclear attack and therefore capable of delivering a retaliatory attack.

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second-strike

adj

1. (Military) (of a nuclear weapon) intended to be used in a counterattack in response to a nuclear attack

2. (Military) (of a strategy) based on the concept of surviving an initial nuclear attack with enough nuclear weaponry to retaliate

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