first strike

Eight years later, the Mariners are chasing down an MLB record for first-strike percentage, the one data point they value above everything in pitching.

The Mariners pitching staff leads the majors with a first-strike rate of 65.3%, on pace to break the MLB record of 64.2% set by the 2018 Dodgers.

And over the past year, the North has enshrined its nuclear capability in its laws and started talking about its first-strike capabilities, rather than casting its arsenal as purely defensive.

It's a great danger to Russia to have ABM installations right near its border, since those are first-strike weapons.

The location of military bases around Puget Sound, especially the ballistic missile submarine base at Bangor and the Jim Creek Naval Radio Station, makes us a first-strike target in any nuclear exchange with the People’s Republic.