Second Strike

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

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The word "second-strike" in example sentences

For decades, nuclear experts have understood that the key to "winning" a nuclear exchange is to have an effective second-strike capability, which in turn requires both a sizable and survivable force. ❋ Bret Stephens (2011)

In addition, Iran lacks second-strike capability and Israel is too small to absorb a nuclear attack. ❋ Daniel Schwammenthal (2012)

"Commissioning of additional plutonium-production reactors and further construction of reprocessing capabilities signify that Pakistan may even be developing second-strike capabilities," said Heinonen, now a senior fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. ❋ Joby Warrick (2011)

We need ballistic-missile defenses, but President Obama is rapidly scaling down U.S. missile-defense programs—so our need for an INF-range second-strike capability is acute. ❋ John R. Bolton (2011)

The evidence suggests that Pakistan is trying to develop a second-strike nuclear capability. ❋ Olli Heinonen (2011)

The point of such steps, Gen. Xu wrote, is "to really possess, and to convince the other side that it faces an intolerable second-strike nuclear capability, thereby deterring an enemy from using nuclear weapons against us." ❋ Unknown (2010)

But if a couple of the big boys with second-strike capability (say, Pakistan and India, or China and India, or Iran and Israel, or Iran and Israel and the US, or Iran and everybody else) go at it, then some of those nukes are getting through. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Israel has some 200, including sea based missiles that would give Israel the second-strike capacity that would destroy Iran even after Israel itself is gone. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The best chance of assuring second-strike capability comes from a submarine-based deterrent, and that is exactly what New Delhi has slowly and unevenly been pursuing over the years. ❋ Rory Medcalf (2010)

I like it where he says, “Israel can and should rely on its own deterrent — a massive survivable second-strike capability.” ❋ Unknown (2008)

Ultimately, a no-first-use policy can be credible only if it is accompanied by what security wonks like to call an "assured second-strike capability." ❋ Rory Medcalf (2010)

They now have unspeakable death swarming about on land, sea, and air, more than enough for second-strike capability against any adversary. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If Israel's estimated - arsenal of 200 warheads, including a "second-strike capacity," has not prompted Egypt to develop its own nukes, it's not clear that one Iranian bomb would do so. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Even those Israeli officials who believe that Iran is hell-bent on destroying the Jewish state recognize that Tehran is unlikely to attack Israel with nuclear weapons due to the destruction Israel would inflict on Iran through its second-strike capability. ❋ Unknown (2009)

“Remember, Israel has second-strike capability,” he told me. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Indeed, while they continue to publicly threaten a possible military strike against Iran's nuclear sites, the Israelis have been preparing for the "day after" - if and when Iran goes nuclear -- by developing a second-strike capability. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And when we got hit, they had no idea of Al-Queda's second-strike capability. ❋ Unknown (2008)

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