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).

second-strike capability

(STRATEGIC THEORY) the ability of a defending STATE to absorb a nuclear ‘first strike’ and to have a capability to guarantee a counterattack of sufficient force to inflict massive destruction against an aggressor. During the 1960s the US and the USSR sought to maintain a second-strike capability by both increasing their nuclear arsenals and protecting nuclear weapons by siting them in underground silos, nuclear submarines, and constantly airborne aircraft. A consequence of the attempt to maintain a second-strike capability was an acceleration of the ARMS RACE. See also NUCLEAR DETERRENCE, MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION.

单词	second-strike capability
释义	DictionarySeesecond strike second-strike capability 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). second-strike capability (STRATEGIC THEORY) the ability of a defending STATE to absorb a nuclear ‘first strike’ and to have a capability to guarantee a counterattack of sufficient force to inflict massive destruction against an aggressor. During the 1960s the US and the USSR sought to maintain a second-strike capability by both increasing their nuclear arsenals and protecting nuclear weapons by siting them in underground silos, nuclear submarines, and constantly airborne aircraft. A consequence of the attempt to maintain a second-strike capability was an acceleration of the ARMS RACE. See also NUCLEAR DETERRENCE, MUTUAL ASSURED DESTRUCTION.
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