That a country has the first-strike capability does not mean that the country is capable of attacking its adversary. In order to have the first-strike capability, a country has to have enough technology to produce weapons that can reduce or nullify the ability of its adversary.
For example, the US has ability to destruct nuclear-weapon launchers in the Soviet Union. That means that the US has the first-strike capability because it can reduce the ability of launching weapons of the Soviet Union. The US does not randomly launch missiles to somewhere in the Soviet Union.
The second-strike capability is simply the ability to attack back. That a country has the second-strike capability means that it can attack back against its adversary when it had been attacked.
For example, Iran is attacked by the US, and it can attack back against the US. Iran can simply send missiles or drop bombs on the US territories.
Therefore, that a country has the first-strike capability simultaneously means that the country has the second-strike capability, technologically.
* The examples that I used are not based on the facts. They may be facts, but I am not sure.
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