Massive retaliation, also known as a massive response or massive deterrence, is a military doctrine and nuclear strategy in which a state commits itself to retaliate in much greater force in the event of an attack.
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“their massive blood
moves as the moon-tides, near, more near,
till they touch in flood.”
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—Herman Melville (1819–1891)