Talk:Counterforce

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My plan is to do some work on this article, but it could also use the expertise of editors like Doeze and NPguy. - Amigao (talk) 20:10, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Amigao I might be able to help a bit, but unfortunately it seems rarely mentioned directly in sources. I would probably focus on how this probably only applies to US/USSR/potentially Russian/potentially future Chinese planning. My first thought for probably all other countries is they only consider countervalue attacks. Doeze (talk) 14:01, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've found a couple of solid sources not already included, will use them myself if nobody else gets around to it:

[1] "COUNTERFORCE IN CONTEMPORARY U.S. NUCLEAR STRATEGY" - May 2025, published by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

[2] "The Counterforce Continuum and Tailored Targeting: A New Look at United States Nuclear Targeting Methods and Modern Deterrence" - September 2022, published by Air University Press DiodotusNicator (talk) 22:01, 30 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]