second-strike


sec·ond-strike

(sĕk′ənd-strīk′)adj. Of, relating to, or constituting a nuclear-weapons force able to withstand nuclear attack and therefore capable of delivering a retaliatory attack.

second-strike

adj 1. (Military) (of a nuclear weapon) intended to be used in a counterattack in response to a nuclear attack 2. (Military) (of a strategy) based on the concept of surviving an initial nuclear attack with enough nuclear weaponry to retaliate