A retaliatory strike or retaliatory attack was an attack against a target in retaliation to an attack from said target.
In 1968, the flight path of a United States orbital nuclear warhead platform with multi-warhead capacity was deviated and armed by Gary Seven. As the rocket carrying the platform drew closer to impacting in Eurasia, Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott of the USS Enterprise reported that all major powers were on full missile alert, and that a retaliatory strike was ordered on warhead impact. (TOS: "Assignment: Earth")
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- Counterattack