"Basically it is to devastate the opposing nation as a whole by employing overwhelming force, with out warning; on civilians, politicians and military indiscriminately. This is not the same as a pre-emptive strike which uses the counter-force method and tries to avoid civilian targets in favor of military and political ones."@en . . . "Basically it is to devastate the opposing nation as a whole by employing overwhelming force, with out warning; on civilians, politicians and military indiscriminately. This is not the same as a pre-emptive strike which uses the counter-force method and tries to avoid civilian targets in favor of military and political ones."@en . . "A surprise nuclear attack"@en . . .