Counterstrike

Even with no traffic, it would have been impossible for the aide to catch up with Biden as he toured Delaware, meaning he would have been unable to launch a counterstrike in the event of a nuclear attack by Russia, China, or North Korea.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a nuclear counterstrike drill involving a missile with a mock atomic warhead capable of reaching Japan’s west coast, its official media said.

Last month, he imposed on Iran’s leaders after it downed an American surveillance drone and nearly precipitated a counterstrike that was at the last minute.

First, they kept the Japanese carriers off balance and unable to prepare and launch their own counterstrike.

Henry III's allies in Brittany and Normandy fell down because they did not dare fight their king, who led the counterstrike himself.