fail-deadly

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Adjective

1. {{lb|en|military}} Of a [[nuclear weapon]]s [[strategy]]: [[encourage|encouraging]] [[deterrence]] by [[guarantee#Verb|guaranteeing]] an [[automatic#Adjective|automatic]], [[immediate]], and [[overwhelming#Adjective|overwhelming]] [[response]] to an [[attack#Noun|attack]], even if the [[command and control|command-and-control]] [[infrastructure]] has been [[damage#Verb|damaged]] by the [[enemy#Noun|enemy]]'s [[first strike]].

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