Word: agressor
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...instead of its population centers: this way, the other nation's retalitory power is immediately demolished. The ability to do this is termed first-strike capability. A non-aggressor nation, on the other hand, merely wants to forestall attack. This it does by aiming its missles at potential agressor's cities as a retalitory threat: then it protects these retalitory missiles with ABMS. This is described as a second-strike capability...