Etymology

Coined by military strategist Herman Kahn.

Noun

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1. (militaryCategory:en:Military#POSTATTACKBLACKMAIL) 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.

References

• Nuclear warfare on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “postattack blackmail”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.