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First, its arsenal would have to be sufficiently large, technically sophisticated, and capable of surviving a first strike.
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Florence Gaub, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
First and most important, the U.S. arsenal must be able to survive a first strike and impose assured destruction on its attacker in retaliation for such a strike.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The Iranian regime’s rising paranoia comes as more details emerge of the Mossad operation that smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the first strikes on Friday.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
What to Know Israel launched the first strike against Iran in the early hours of Friday local time as part of Operation Rising Lion.
—Shane Croucher
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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Florence Gaub, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
First and most important, the U.S. arsenal must be able to survive a first strike and impose assured destruction on its attacker in retaliation for such a strike.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The Iranian regime’s rising paranoia comes as more details emerge of the Mossad operation that smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the first strikes on Friday.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
What to Know Israel launched the first strike against Iran in the early hours of Friday local time as part of Operation Rising Lion.
—Shane Croucher
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
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“First strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20strike. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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