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2 unusual facts about Flexible response


Flexible response

The offensive strategy was one of Counterforce, seeking to destroy Soviet military installations and hardware and thus disable this hardware before it could be used.

In a 1962 speech to the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, McNamara announced that the U.S. would refrain from striking Countervalue targets (cities) early in nuclear war, reserving such force later in war should the Soviets not show similar restraint.



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