(DoD) The employment of strategic air and missile forces in an effort to destroy, or render impotent, selected military capabilities of an enemy force under any of the circumstances by which hostilities may be initiated.
Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. 31 January 2011.
| APA | Military Dictionary (DoD). (2011). counterforce. Retrieved September 20, 2026, from http://smartdefine.org/counterforce/definitions/1961107 |
| Chicago | Military Dictionary (DoD). 2011. "counterforce" http://smartdefine.org/counterforce/definitions/1961107 (accessed September 20, 2026). |
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| MLA | Military Dictionary (DoD). "counterforce" 4 April 2011. Web. 20 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/counterforce/definitions/1961107> |