Massive retaliation
Military doctrine focusing on using more force in retaliation to an attack / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with Dulles' Plan.
For the 1984 American film, see Massive Retaliation (film).
Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive deterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack. It is associated with the U.S. national security policy of the Eisenhower administration during the early stages of the Cold War.
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