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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