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  • 1First strike — In nuclear strategy, a first strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. First strike capability is a country s ability to defeat another nuclear power by destroying its arsenal to the point where the attacking country… …

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  • 2Mega-City One — as of before the Apocalypse War. Publication information …

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  • 3V bomber — The term V bomber was used for the Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft during the 1950s and 1960s that comprised the United Kingdom s strategic nuclear strike force. The bombers, whose names all started with the letter V , were the Vickers Valiant… …

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  • 4Cold War (1953–1962) — 1959 World map of alignments:   NATO member states …

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  • 5defense economics — Field of national economic management concerned with peacetime and wartime military expenditures. It arose in response to the greater scale and sophistication of warfare in the 20th century. Most nations seek to avoid the vast financial and human …

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  • 6Charles de Gaulle — This article is about the French statesman. For other uses, see Charles de Gaulle (disambiguation). Charles De Gaulle President of the French Republic Co Prince of Andorra In office 8 January 195 …

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  • 7Vickers Valiant — For other uses see: Valiant infobox Aircraft name = Vickers Valiant type = Strategic bomber manufacturer =Vickers Armstrongs caption =RAF Valiant in anti flash white designer = first flight =18 May avyear|1951 introduced =1955 retired =January… …

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  • 8United States — a republic in the N Western Hemisphere comprising 48 conterminous states, the District of Columbia, and Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the N Pacific. 267,954,767; conterminous United States, 3,022,387 sq. mi. (7,827,982 sq. km); with… …

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  • 92003 invasion of Iraq — This article is about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. For events after May 1, 2003, see Iraq War. For the Mongol Invasion of Iraq, see Siege of Baghdad (1258). For the British invasion of Iraq during World War II, see Anglo Iraqi War. 2003 invasion of …

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  • 10Military strategy — This article is about real and historical warfare. For the computer game genre, see Real time tactics. Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric …

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