Usually means: Retaliatory nuclear attack after first.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. second-strike: Merriam-Webster
  2. second strike: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. second-strike: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. second-strike, second-strike: Collins English Dictionary
  5. second-strike: Wordnik
  6. second-strike, second strike: Dictionary.com
  7. Second strike: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. second-strike, second strike: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. second-strike, second strike, Second strike: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Second strike)

▸ noun:  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.


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