What held them back from launching a strike for nearly 40 years?

He also said that a decision to launch a strike should be made soon.

Now he would launch a big strike and finish off the Americans.

Yet Enterprise, if required, could have launched a strike within hours.

The two task groups launched a third strike in the early afternoon, but it did not add to their score.

"And why would they launch a first strike with only one warhead?"

"Does that give us the time we need to launch a strike and prevent the missile from getting off the ground?"

I do not suggest that we launch a nuclear strike on America.

This, he says, would deter both sides from launching a first strike.

"I would not want for one of these countries to launch a retaliatory strike on the military base."