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second-strike capability

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second-strike capability [′sek·ənd ¦strīk ‚kā·pə′bil·əd·ē]
(ordnance)
The ability to survive a first strike with sufficient resources to deliver an effective counterblow (generally associated with nuclear weapons).


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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.
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.
You don't attack or blackmail other states unless you have what the nuclear planner calls an assured second-strike capability.
 
 
 
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