- In
military doctrine,
countervalue is the
targeting of an opponent's ****ets that are of
value but not
actually a
military threat, such as
cities and civilian...
- [clarification needed] A
counterforce target is
distinguished from a
countervalue target,
which includes an adversary's po****tion, knowledge, economic...
- (PDF) on 10
October 2017. As
noted above,
nuclear weapons designed for
countervalue or city-killing
purposes tend to be of the
strategic class, with known...
- industries, transportation, economic, and
energy infrastructure, and
countervalue targets such
areas such as
cities and towns. It is in
contrast to a tactical...
-
prisoners of war,
abducted as a
means of
hostage diplomacy, used as
countervalue targets, enslaved, or
apprehended for
purposes of
criminal justice. Treatment...
-
first use
while maintaining a
deterrent retaliatory force targeted for
countervalue targets.
According to a 2023
study by the
National Defense University...
-
Robert McNamara changed the US
Nuclear War plan from the 'city killing'
countervalue strike plan to a "counterforce" plan (targeted more at
military forces)...
- genocide".
Genocide portal Outline of
Genocide studies Allport's
Scale Countervalue Cultural genocide Death squad Democide Ethnocide Gendercide Genocide...
- with much more energy. ****ured
destruction Bernard Brodie Counterforce,
Countervalue Decapitation strike Deterrence theory Doctrine for
Joint Nuclear Operations...
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second strike was
initially only
possible against very large,
undefended countervalue targets like cities. Later-generation
missiles with much
improved accuracy...
