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Pre-emptive nuclear strike 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 t ...

Pre-emptive 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. It ...

First strike may also refer to: * ''First Strike'' (1996 film), also known as ''Jackie Chan's First Strike'' or ''Police Story 4: First Strike'', an action movie * "First Strike" (''Stargate Atlantis''), an episode of the TV series ''Stargate Atlantis'' * ''First Strike'' (1979 film), a United States Air Force documentary * '' Halo: First Strike'', a 2003 science fiction novel written by Eric Nylund, based on the video game series * First strike (coinage), the first coins struck from a new set of dies *

First Strike (DC Comics) First Strike is a fictional government funded team of superheroes published by DC Comics. They first appeared in '' Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters'' #3 (November 2006), and were created by Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray and Daniel Acuña. The team ...

, a fictional team of superheroes by DC Comics * ''First Strike'' (IDW Publishing), a crossover event by IDW Publishing, set in the Hasbro Universe * ''First Strike'' (album), an album by Cobra * '' Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike'', 2009 film * 1st Strike Brigade, Catterick Garrison * '' First Strike (book)'', book by American writer

Douglas Terman Douglas Terman (December 4, 1933 – December 28, 1999) was an American writer of military novels. Biography He helped develop Petit Saint Vincent as an exclusive resort in the Grenadines with his best friend Hazen Richardson, travelling th ...

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