nuclear launch
Warhead missile firing
Nuclear launch is the firing of a nuclear weapon, typically a missile carrying a nuclear warhead.
The phrase often appears in contexts of military command and apocalyptic scenarios: The president has sole authority to order a nuclear launch.
A nuclear launch code is the authentication sequence required to authorize such an action.
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- warheadMunition's explosive section
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- siloAgricultural storage tower
- buttonDisc through a hole
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- no returncrossing the Rubicon, Rubicon, burning bridges, bridge burning, point of no return
- Spy Thrillersspy, double agent, covert ops, classified, intel
nuclear launchdisarmament
Reducing or eliminating weapons
de-escalation · abort · détente · arms control · nuclear freeze
nuclear launchconventional warfare
Armed conflict using standard military forces
ground assault · surgical strike · precision bombing · proxy war · guerrilla warfare
nuclear launchpeace treaty
Formal end to hostilities
ceasefire · armistice · diplomatic resolution · nuclear diplomacy · peace accord
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