The phrase "strong retaliation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in a variety of situations to describe a forceful or aggressive response to a perceived wrongdoing or attack. Example: "In response to the recent terrorist attack, the government promised to enact strong retaliation against the perpetrators to ensure it never happens again."
He has said he is worried that South Korea might feel forced to make a strong retaliation after already suffering North Korean attacks last year on an island and a warship.
South Korea's president, Lee Myung-bak, has said he is willing to "open the door" to better relations with North Korea under its new leader, Kim Jong-un, but warned of strong retaliation if provoked by the regime.
The Chiefs of Staff agreed that air defense was second in importance only to a strong retaliation force, one that would give pause to an aggressor.
This has produced a war of a thousand cuts that is enraging India, wearing its patience thin and prompting some Indian officials to threaten stronger retaliation.
The paper, in an editorial, says that "in the coming days, if Pakistani soldiers continue to violate the ceasefire agreement, they will be met with even stronger retaliation".
But in recent weeks he has resisted right-wing pressures for strong military retaliation against the Palestinians.
SEOUL, South Korea North Koreaea warned South Korean fishermen on Tuesday to stay away from disputed border waters and threatened a "strong physical retaliation" against a coming South Korean naval drills.
See articleNorth Korea's army pledged to deliver "strong physical retaliation" against "madcap naval exercises" that South Korea has conducted in the disputed waters off the peninsula's west coast.
On Tuesday, North Korea's western military command "made a decisive resolution to counter the reckless naval firing projected by the group of traitors with strong physical retaliation," said a statement carried by the North's official Korean Central News Agency.
A recent series of naval exercises, some conducted with the United States, elicited a North Korean threat of "strong physical retaliation" against any vessels that strayed into its territorial waters.
Calling the latest exercise taking place in disputed border waters an "invasion," North Korea threatened "strong physical retaliation" and warned South Korean fishermen to stay clear from the exercise zones.
