0 a type of military attack that is made in an exact way on a particular place: --
A surgical strike was carried out on the enemy's military headquarters.
These have not been surgical strikes.
They are far faster than the standard clones, meant for guerrilla operations, assassinations, and surgical strikes.
The trouble with surgical strikes is that they are not surgical, or they have not been so far.
They have great accuracy, so strategists can spend their time working out elegant, surgical strikes.
A surgical strike would be less costly.
The key to reclaiming the facility intact lies in a surgical strike against a deep-underground reactor that powers the ground-based defense systems.
The temptation to engage in a quick surgical strike, particularly in the light of the history of surgical strikes which have been neither surgical nor swift, should be avoided.
What we have been talking about is not a surgical strike at all; if anything, it is a massive retaliation.
