First strike

First strike most commonly refers to:


 * First strike (nuclear strategy)
 * Preemptive war

First strike may also refer to:

Film and television

 * First Strike (1979 film), a United States Air Force documentary
 * First Strike (1996 film), a Hong Kong action film starring Jackie Chan
 * Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, a 2009 Japanese animated film
 * "First Strike" (Stargate Atlantis), a 2007 TV episode

Books and comics

 * First Strike (DC Comics), a fictional team of superheroes
 * First Strike (IDW Publishing), a 2017 crossover event set in the Hasbro Universe
 * Halo: First Strike, a 2003 science fiction novel by Eric Nylund, based on the video game series
 * First Strike, a 1979 novel by Douglas Terman

Other uses

 * First Strike (album), a 1983 album by Cobra
 * First strike (coinage), the first coins struck from a new set of dies