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First and most important, the U.S. arsenal must be able to survive a first strike and impose assured destruction on its attacker in retaliation for such a strike.
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Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The Iranian regime’s rising paranoia comes as more details emerge of the Mossad operation that smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the first strikes on Friday.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
What to Know Israel launched the first strike against Iran in the early hours of Friday local time as part of Operation Rising Lion.
—Shane Croucher
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
So after Israel’s first strike, on June 13, China—the strongest partner in the anti-America triad—could have been expected to rush short-range missiles and other air-defense equipment to Iran.
—Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
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Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The Iranian regime’s rising paranoia comes as more details emerge of the Mossad operation that smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of the first strikes on Friday.
—Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 16 June 2025
What to Know Israel launched the first strike against Iran in the early hours of Friday local time as part of Operation Rising Lion.
—Shane Croucher
hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025
So after Israel’s first strike, on June 13, China—the strongest partner in the anti-America triad—could have been expected to rush short-range missiles and other air-defense equipment to Iran.
—Leon Aron, The Atlantic, 29 June 2025
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“First strike.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/first%20strike. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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