first strike
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Until hours before the first strike, Emirati officials undertook intensive diplomatic efforts from Tehran to Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026
Buck Turgidson, one of the film’s most memorable characters, while agitating the president in the war room for a first strike against the Soviet Union.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026
"I did not personally see survivors," Hegseth said of the first strike.
From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025
“The first strike was very lethal, it was fine, and if there were two people around,” Trump said before quickly adding, “but Pete said that didn’t happen. I have great confidence in Pete.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
The belief was that a nation could deter a "first strike," in the parlance of nuclear strategists, by making sure that the enemy understood that their strike would never succeed.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
