The phrase "a nuclear retaliation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in discussions about military strategy, international relations, or the consequences of nuclear warfare.
Example: "In response to the attack, the country threatened a nuclear retaliation, emphasizing the seriousness of the situation."
Alternatives: "a nuclear response" or "a nuclear counterstrike".
Who would order a nuclear retaliation then?
And it could mean preparing a last-ditch effort to survive that war by launching multiple nuclear strikes, chancing a nuclear retaliation for the slim chance to survive.
The move comes weeks after President Jacques Chirac warned that states which threatened the country could face the "ultimate warning" of a nuclear retaliation.
Emily and Jeremy make it clear that they remain unilateral nuclear disarmers, with neither willing to say that they would threaten a nuclear retaliation to save Islington from annihilation, which has to be the point of deterrence.
Nicholas Humphrey Cambridge In a BBC interview in December 2008, Denis Healey said that as prime minister he would not have ordered a nuclear retaliation even if Britain had already been attacked with nuclear weapons: "That, I'm afraid, is no reason for doing something like that.
Throughout the prepost-Cold War period (only yesterday), the American troops stationed in Berlin knew that in the event of hostilities, they were destined for internment; other troops in NATO knew they were expected to struggle until reinforcements arrived, or until their loss of life caused a nuclear retaliation.
He told me that he believes India could begin a war with Pakistan and not face a possible nuclear retaliation.
He would hope to have enough nuclear firepower to repel a conventional attack from South Korea while deterring a game-ending nuclear retaliation by the United States.
Even so, the time taken from the detection of an incoming missile attack to nuclear retaliation is only a matter of minutes, perhaps five at most.
Mr. Bush suggested that missile defenses would be a deterrent the same way that an overwhelming capacity for nuclear retaliation once was with the Soviet Union.
SEOUL, South Korea — About 100,000 North Koreans rallied and marched in the capital on Thursday, the Communist state's official media reported, as the government threatened a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" against the United States and its ally South Korea.
