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In nuclear strategy, a retaliatory strike or second-strike capability is a country's assured ability to respond to a nuclear attack with powerful nuclear retaliation against the attacker. [1]
As the 1980s came about, the new technology of cruise-missiles significantly altered deterrence strategies in both the US and Soviet Union. At this point, the nuclear triad maintained its importance in ensuring a second-strike capability, although this significance has waned dramatically since the end of the Cold War.
A first strike must not be capable of preventing a retaliatory second strike or else mutual destruction is not assured. In this case, a state would have nothing to lose with a first strike or might try to preempt the development of an opponent's second-strike capability with a first strike.
China's policy has traditionally been one of no first use while maintaining a secure second-strike capability. [8] Following its first test in 1964, China stated that it would "never at any time or under any circumstances be the first to use nuclear weapons."
The purpose of the Dead Hand system, as described in the book of the same name, [8] [9] was to maintain a second-strike capability, by ensuring that the destruction of the Soviet leadership would not have prevented the Soviet military from releasing its weapons.
The aim of the "Iron Dome for America" program is to shield the US from attack while preserving its second-strike capability, where the US preserves enough nuclear force after an attack to deter ...
The B-1 bomber, recently cancelled, was brought back in order to provide a survivable strike option that could be launched as a show of U.S. intent. Additionally, Schlesinger put an emphasis on short range weapons that had clear counterforce capability, whose use would not signify an all-out countervalue attack.
A carrier strike group’s mission is to “achieve and sustain air, sea and undersea control, respond to crises and protect United States’ interests anywhere, anytime,” according to an ...