First strike

First strike most commonly refers to:

• Pre-emptive nuclear strike
• Pre-emptive war

First strike may also refer to:

• First Strike (1996 film), also known as Jackie Chan's First Strike or Police Story 4: First Strike, an action movie
• "First Strike" (Stargate Atlantis), an episode of the TV series Stargate Atlantis
• First Strike (1979 film), a United States Air Force documentary
• First Strike, a television film made in 1984 by Allan Kuskowski
• Halo: First Strike, a 2003 science fiction novel written by Eric Nylund, based on the video game series
• First strike (coinage), the first coins struck from a new set of dies
• First Strike (DC Comics), a fictional team of superheroes by DC Comics
• First Strike (IDW Publishing), a crossover event by IDW Publishing, set in the Hasbro Universe
• First Strike (album), an album by Cobra
• Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike, 2009 film
• 1st Strike Brigade, Catterick Garrison
• First Strike (book), book by American writer Douglas Terman