They make the first offensive strike on the enemy anyway, but quickly discover to their horror that the theory is flawed.

She wouldn't normally make an offensive strike in this condition.

The new policy does not mean the United States need fear an offensive Russian nuclear strike.

This will not be a direct offensive strike, since we do not know the location of our enemy.

The order did not authorize offensive strikes in any specific countries.

Filitov was not concerned that either side would see its defense systems as a rationale for an offensive strike.

Initially, the program focused on large scale systems designed to defeat a Soviet offensive strike.

The seven-page directive did not appear to authorize offensive strikes in any specific countries.

And while her offensive strikes weren't particularly powerful, she'd practiced her defensive maneuvers more.

And for the first three months of the crisis, the two countries had no firm understanding on how to coordinate any offensive strike.