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First strike (nuclear strategy) In nuclear strategy, a first strike or preemptive strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country's ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where th ...

Preemptive war A preemptive war is a war that is commenced in an attempt to repel or defeat a perceived imminent offensive or invasion, or to gain a strategic advantage in an impending (allegedly unavoidable) war ''shortly before'' that attack materializes. I ...

First strike may also refer to:

Film and television

* ''First Strike'' (1979 film), a United States Air Force documentary * ''First Strike'' (1996 film), a Hong Kong action film starring Jackie Chan * '' Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike'', a 2009 Japanese animated film * "First Strike" (''Stargate Atlantis''), a 2007 TV episode

Books and comics

* First Strike (DC Comics), a fictional team of superheroes * ''First Strike'' (IDW Publishing), a 2017 crossover event set in the Hasbro Universe * '' Halo: First Strike'', a 2003 science fiction novel by Eric Nylund, based on the video game series * ''First Strike'', a 1979 novel by Douglas Terman

Other uses

* ''First Strike'' (album), a 1983 album by Cobra * First strike (coinage), the first coins struck from a new set of dies

Film and television

Books and comics

Other uses

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