postattack blackmail

English

Etymology

Coined by military strategist Herman Kahn.

Noun

postattack blackmail (uncountable)

  1. (military) 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.
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