They decided to launch a pre-emptive strike.

他们决定发动先发制人的攻击。

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At a news conference, Mr. Barak indicated the Jewish State is prepared to launch a preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.

巴拉克在记者会上曾经暗示，以色列这个犹太国家准备对伊朗的核设施发动先发制人的攻击。

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Mr Campbell also said that anger at the notorious claim that Iraq could launch a strike within 45 minutes had been overdone.

坎贝尔先生说，伊拉克可能在45分钟内发动攻击的匿名宣称所引起的愤怒已经过火了。

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At a news conference,Mr.Barak indicated the Jewish State is prepared to launch a preemptive strike on Iranian nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

But Israel has warned time and again that if diplomacy fails, it might launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear facilities.

VOA: standard.2009.12.28

and Israel has threatened to launch a pre-emptive strike to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

Previously, Mr Koizumi has said that he does not believe Mr Bush would launch a military strike against North Korea.

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Or it can launch a general strike, a radical step the leadership have so far been reluctant to authorise, or other forms of civil disobedience.

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The convention bans such systems under the belief that a country would not launch a nuclear strike if it were unable to protect itself against retaliation.

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