The article "Pentagon mulls ending Bush-era first-strike doctrine" at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why is Obama protecting 43?] Reference

Other than reserving the right to launch first-strike nuclear attacks!!!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Again Hits Obama Over Foreign Policy] Reference

He refuses to foreswear the use of first-strike nuclear weapons against Iran.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holding Progressive Things Together] Reference

But the Pentagon has always rejected dealing away its first-strike capability.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prepare To Ram] Reference

They are too inaccurate to be used as first-strike weapons against other missiles.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Slow Slide Toward War?] Reference

So is the notion of first-strike with enough force to prevent any significant retaliation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Full Spectrum Dominance:" Part II] Reference

The most critical consideration is the capability of launching a devastating first-strike.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Nuclear Weapons-Free World? Really?] Reference

Do you agree that the President Bush's first-strike policy is a deterrent toward terrorism?.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2002] Reference

They ignore global warming and are likely contemplating the use of first-strike nuclear weapons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Is This Heaven?] Reference

At the Open, one of the stats Mr. de Villiers monitors is something he calls "first-strike errors.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Thoroughly Modern Melanie] Reference

In June, a Pentagon report revealed that China has developed first-strike cyberwarfare capabilities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bruno Giussani: The One Book You Need To Read This Year] Reference

I cannot say the same for the U.S.: our government has never disavowed a nuclear first-strike policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stepping Back From Imperialism:] Reference

SALT II and the Soviet first-strike threat (Pew case studies in international affairs) by Paul R Bennett.    From Wordnik.com.  [OpEdNews - Quicklink: A nonprofit lobbying organization- with a First Strike Agenda] Reference

The emphasis may reflect the unhappy truth that, in a cyberwar, first-strike capability is an enormous advantage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Hacker] Reference

Besides Israel, it's the only major power with a first-strike nuclear policy against any country called a threat.    From Wordnik.com.  [October Surprise - Peace Prize to a War Criminal] Reference

Yet, despite this assertion, he raises the specter of "destabilizing first-strike dangers" posed by such an agreement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama's Weapons Policy Is Sensible] Reference

Remember when a number of American military leaders publicly advocated a nuclear first-strike against the Soviet Union?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stepping Back From Imperialism:] Reference

Tribunal against first-strike nuclear weapons, which helped bring about the INF agreement and Soviet testing moratorium.    From Wordnik.com.  [NELSON MANDELA RECEIVES GLEITSMAN FOUNDATION INTERNATIONAL ACTIVIST AWARD] Reference

The Pentagon's Global Strike plans, including CONPLAN 8022, refers to first-strike possibilities against Iran and North Korea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stepping Back From Imperialism:] Reference

International Tribunal against first-strike nuclear weapons, which helped bring about the INF agreement and Soviet testing moratorium.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Developing first-strike systems continued after Richard Nixon, including Jimmy Carter's Presidential Directives PD 18 - 59 calling for.    From Wordnik.com.  [Printing: Reviewing F. William Engdahl's "Full Spectrum Dominance:" Part II] Reference

We reject the doctrine, a reversal of long-held American tradition, that our country alone has the right to launch first-strike attacks.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 10, 2002] Reference

Critics -- and they are still legion -- fear that adopting first-strike weapons like the Tomahawk could trigger a new regional arms race.    From Wordnik.com.  [FUEL TO THE FIRE] Reference

The other thing that really stands out here of course is the reaffirmation of the preemptive, or first-strike policy, of the United States.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 16, 2006] Reference

The CFR admits that US missile plans in Europe are seen by the Russians "not so much as missile defense as a deployment of first-strike capability.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Militarising space: The Fallujah fallacy] Reference

It claims the right to wage preventive wars under the illegal and frightening doctrine of "anticipatory self-defense" using first-strike nuclear weapons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Saving A President] Reference