First strike (nuclear strategy)

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First strike (nuclear strategy)

Quality:

First strike - pre-emptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force. Article “First strike (nuclear strategy)” in English Wikipedia has 28.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 4 references and 20 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 15.31 points.

This article has the best quality in Polish Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “First strike (nuclear strategy)”, its content was written by 214 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 464 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 199 times in English Wikipedia and cited 731 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #941 in March 2002
  • Global: #1158 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #67438 in February 2022
  • Global: #58165 in February 2022

There are 22 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1Polish (pl)
Pierwsze uderzenie
42.9537
2Italian (it)
Primo colpo nucleare
39.4273
3English (en)
First strike (nuclear strategy)
28.4267
4Hebrew (he)
מתקפת מנע גרעינית
24.5938
5Russian (ru)
Первый удар
20.3061
6Arabic (ar)
ضربة نووية وقائية (استراتيجية)
19.8231
7German (de)
Erstschlag
19.6075
8Spanish (es)
Primer ataque
18.5957
9Esperanto (eo)
Unua atomfrapo
15.44
10Chinese (zh)
一次打击
13.5778
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "First strike (nuclear strategy)" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
First strike (nuclear strategy)
836 050
2German (de)
Erstschlag
282 655
3Russian (ru)
Первый удар
216 871
4Italian (it)
Primo colpo nucleare
123 585
5Chinese (zh)
一次打击
63 353
6French (fr)
Première frappe
37 623
7Spanish (es)
Primer ataque
35 850
8Ukrainian (uk)
Превентивний ядерний удар
15 378
9Czech (cs)
První úder
14 489
10Swedish (sv)
Förstaslagsförmåga
9 707
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "First strike (nuclear strategy)" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
First strike (nuclear strategy)
2 714
2Polish (pl)
Pierwsze uderzenie
2 082
3Russian (ru)
Первый удар
600
4German (de)
Erstschlag
357
5Chinese (zh)
一次打击
183
6Italian (it)
Primo colpo nucleare
119
7Persian (fa)
ضربه اول (استراتژی هسته‌ای)
104
8French (fr)
Première frappe
73
9Spanish (es)
Primer ataque
48
10Japanese (ja)
第一撃
31
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "First strike (nuclear strategy)" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
First strike (nuclear strategy)
214
2Italian (it)
Primo colpo nucleare
61
3German (de)
Erstschlag
58
4Russian (ru)
Первый удар
27
5Spanish (es)
Primer ataque
15
6Chinese (zh)
一次打击
14
7Czech (cs)
První úder
11
8French (fr)
Première frappe
10
9Swedish (sv)
Förstaslagsförmåga
9
10Korean (ko)
제1격
7
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2026

Language versions of the article "First strike (nuclear strategy)" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1Polish (pl)
Pierwsze uderzenie
2
2German (de)
Erstschlag
1
3Basque (eu)
Lehen eraso
1
4Persian (fa)
ضربه اول (استراتژی هسته‌ای)
1
5Arabic (ar)
ضربة نووية وقائية (استراتيجية)
0
6Czech (cs)
První úder
0
7English (en)
First strike (nuclear strategy)
0
8Esperanto (eo)
Unua atomfrapo
0
9Spanish (es)
Primer ataque
0
10Finnish (fi)
Ensi-isku
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "First strike (nuclear strategy)" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
First strike (nuclear strategy)
199
2Italian (it)
Primo colpo nucleare
136
3German (de)
Erstschlag
114
4Chinese (zh)
一次打击
56
5Korean (ko)
제1격
40
6French (fr)
Première frappe
36
7Russian (ru)
Первый удар
31
8Ukrainian (uk)
Превентивний ядерний удар
25
9Hebrew (he)
מתקפת מנע גרעינית
17
10Spanish (es)
Primer ataque
15
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
ضربة نووية وقائية (استراتيجية)
csCzech
První úder
deGerman
Erstschlag
enEnglish
First strike (nuclear strategy)
eoEsperanto
Unua atomfrapo
esSpanish
Primer ataque
euBasque
Lehen eraso
faPersian
ضربه اول (استراتژی هسته‌ای)
fiFinnish
Ensi-isku
frFrench
Première frappe
heHebrew
מתקפת מנע גרעינית
itItalian
Primo colpo nucleare
jaJapanese
第一撃
kaGeorgian
პირველი დარტყმა
koKorean
제1격
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Kjernefysisk forkjøpsangrep
noNorwegian
Kjernefysisk forkjøpsangrep
plPolish
Pierwsze uderzenie
ruRussian
Первый удар
svSwedish
Förstaslagsförmåga
ukUkrainian
Превентивний ядерний удар
zhChinese
一次打击

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#67438
02.2022
Global:
#58165
02.2022

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#941
03.2002
Global:
#1158
03.2002

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on First strike from Wikipedia articles about Mutual assured destruction, Dead Hand, Second strike, Stanislav Petrov and UGM-133 Trident II. Whereas reading the article about First strike people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Second strike, Nuclear strategy, R-36, Decapitation strike and NATO Double-Track Decision.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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