By escalating threats of nuclear war and massive retaliation, both parties were forced to respond with more force.

Counterthreats of massive retaliation would mean nothing to him; his entire nation is prepared to go to Heaven.

Both problems are not unique to massive retaliation, but to nuclear deterrence as a whole.

The alternative is massive retaliation by missiles aimed at the enemy's cities, which will stay put.

It threatens massive retaliation unless they set things right.

Of course that was his real weapon when it actually came to setting up massive retaliation.

"The problem is that the bombers want a massive Israeli retaliation," the official said.

Opening up on them would have invited massive retaliation.

Any further escalation of hostilities will be met by a massive retaliation.

That policy is called brinkmanship, new look, and massive retaliation.