Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in The Cold War: East and West (1945–1972).
The guaranteed ability to retaliate with nuclear weapons even after absorbing a first-strike nuclear attack.
Second-Strike Capability appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Wider World Depth Studies, especially The Cold War: East and West (1945–1972) and Military Rivalries.
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