- In
nuclear strategy, a
counterforce target is one that has a
military value, such as a
launch silo for
intercontinental ballistic missiles, an airbase...
-
styling itself as the "
Counterforce" in
resistance to the
emerging post-war military-industrial complex. Part Four: The
Counterforce:
Elements in this section...
- and
control sites, and
storage depots first. The
strategy is
called counterforce. First-strike attack, the use of a
nuclear first strike capability, was...
- like
cities and ports, and the
system had
little or no
capability as a
counterforce weapon. The Air
Force relied on its
crewed bombers as the
primary weapon...
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regarding the
potential uses of and
responses to
nuclear weapons. A
counterforce strike consists of an
attack on
enemy nuclear weapons meant to destroy...
-
retaliatory strike. In
other words,
minimal deterrence requires rejecting a
counterforce strategy in
favor of
pursuing survivable force that can be used in a...
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Administration Rogério
Lobato to use
disaffected Falintil veterans as a
counterforce to the Gusmão
loyalists in the army. The
December 4, 2002, Dili riots...
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tacit approval of
Chinese authorities, who view the
missionaries as a
counterforce to
Tibetan Buddhism or as a boon to the
local economy.
Muslims have been...
-
actually a
military threat, such as
cities and
civilian po****tions.
Counterforce is the
targeting of an opponent's
military forces and facilities. The...
- the
Minuteman program, which, by 1961, was
firmly evolving towards a
counterforce capability.: 197 Minuteman's
final tests coincided with the
start of...
