postattack blackmail

noun

Etymology

Coined by military strategist Herman Kahn.

Definitions

  1. The situation in which one state uses nuclear weapons to attack another state's…

    The situation in which one state uses nuclear weapons to attack another state's retaliatory forces, and then threatens to attack the cities next if the weakened victim state retaliates.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for postattack blackmail. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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