Because both countries had second strike capability, each side knew that the use of nuclear weapons would result in their own destruction.

The latter, if true, would provide Israel with an offshore nuclear second strike capability.

Flexible response made second strike capability its guiding principle of deterrence.

In a two-sided conflict where both sides have mutual second strike capability, defense becomes impossible.

My forces will be immediately behind yours, to provide second strike capability as well as vectoring and surveillance services.

One possible consequence has been called Japan's "second strike capability," a term that is gaining currency in the Japanese business world.

MIRVs ensure a credible second strike capability even with few missiles.

This refers to the possession of nuclear weapons to deter enemy aggression through a retaliatory second strike capability.

The building of protected missile silos around the United States is a testament to this belief in second strike capability.

Pakistan has built hard and deeply buried storage and launch facilities to retain a second strike capability in a nuclear war.

According to United States military sources, Pakistan has achieved survivability in a possible nuclear conflict through second strike capability.

Even if the initial strike is a pre-emptive one on the other side's first and second strike capabilities?' '

This was the rationale behind Sweden's policy of neutrality until the late 1960s with the advent of second strike capability and nuclear parity.

There is general agreement that the invulnerable second strike capability against the counter-value targets (which in practice would be cities) underpins any deterrent posture.

The Kremlin is sceptical,' Rackham went on 'so we have to persuade them that their second strike capability is at our mercy.

Rumors abound that the second strike capability of India vests on the ARC.

Israel's nuclear deterrent, and (more importantly) second strike capability is a very effective means of ensuring against an 'official' attack - a missle fired from Iran.

Prithvi and Agni missiles are inducted into the armed forces and form the basis of Indian nuclear second strike capability.

However at the time when massive retaliation became policy, there was no MAD, because the Soviet Union lacked a second strike capability throughout the 1950s.

Jane's Defence Weekly reports that the Dolphin-class submarines are believed to be nuclear armed, offering Israel a sea based second strike capability.

The MCD theory is based on the principles of the deterrence theory and offers the idea of the achieving the second strike capability.

First, that both sides had 'second strike capability', i.e., enough weapons buried in silos or submerged in submarines to hit back devastatingly after a nuclear attack.

It underlines no first use (NFU) with a second strike capability, and falls under minimal deterrence as opposed to mutually assured destruction.

“The significance is that Pakistan is moving toward a second strike capability vis-à-vis India,” Mr. Ahmed added.