Pre-emptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force.
1 I immediately ordered the United States' armed forces to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike .
2 North Korea has already said that it reserves the right to a pre-emptive nuclear strike against aggressors.
3 The North has also said it has cancelled the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean war and threatened the US with a pre-emptive nuclear strike .
4 In the past, they have led to a surge in tensions, with Pyongyang threatening pre-emptive nuclear strikes and attacks on South Korean and US targets.
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