Under such circumstances, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom had no choice but to abandon its offensive objectives in the north and shift from strategic offensive to strategic defense.
Such defense combines efforts to deter war with preparations to win self-defense wars in time of peace, and strategic defense with operational and tactical offensive operations in time of war.
So, one of our goals, and indeed one of our highest priorities, is to secure a thoroughly reliable strategic defense against nuclear missiles.
The ld use a moratorium on [ strategic defense initiative ] development as a carrot to bring an acceptable offensive arms limitation(r Gall)
Under this situation, the Qin Army had to adjust its operational plan, suspend its attack on the western traffickers, and change from strategic offensive to strategic defense. The whole Lingnan War entered the stage of confrontation between Qin and Vietnam.
