One man interviewed on local radio said he feared it was a nuclear strike, and happily, it was just a super heated piece of rock.

一名被当地电台采访的男子说，他担心这是一个核打击，不过还好，这只是一块超级热的石头而已。

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They have removed all tactical nuclear missiles that could strike Europe.

他们已经拆走了所有可能攻击欧洲的战术性核导弹。

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Recent weeks have brought a spike in chatter about the prospect of an Israeli military strike on Iran’s nuclear installations.

最近几个星期有关以色列对伊朗核设施将要进行军事打击的谣言尘嚣日上。

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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.

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

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

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But the administration official said the "adjustments" in the U.S. position narrow any contingencies for a nuclear strike.

WSJ: U.S. Keeps First-Strike Nuclear Strategy

Protection from such danger is by itself worth the vast resources which a nuclear strike against the comet will require.

ECONOMIST: Stop that comet

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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