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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]] ...Military of France|French military forces]]—members of the Multinational Force in Lebanon—killing 299 American and French servicemen. The organization [
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• Hooah
  '''Hooah''' ({{IPA-en|ˈhuːɑː|pron}}) is a [[United States Army|U.S. Army]] [[battle cry]] used<ref>[http://www.cavhooah.com/hooah.htm ...jointservices/a/hooah.htm - "You can hear it shouted by Air Force Security Forces, Pararescue, and Combat Controllers. It is also known to be used by the [[C
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} ...e War]] <br>[[Falklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operat
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• M42 Duster
  |engine=6-[[cylinder (engine)|cylinder]] [[air-cooled engine|air cooled]] [[gasoline engine|gasoline]] ...t tank and was constructed of all welded steel. The 500 hp, six cylinder, air-cooled, gasoline engine is located in the rear of the vehicle. A total of 3
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• Mark 14 torpedo
  |origin= [[United States]] ...Torpedo#Wet-heater|Wet-heater]] combustion / steam turbine with compressed air tank
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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  |origin= {{Flag|United States}} ...mics|General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products]]), Combined Service Forces
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...ionary, or moving targets on the surface or in the air. This gave American forces a technological advantage in WWII against the Japanese who did not develop ...just before it could have finished off survivors of the lightly armed task force of screening escorts and escort carriers of Taffy 3. The [[Battle of the Su
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• Depleted uranium
  ...ons exposed to DU."<ref name="Hindin" /> The [[World Health Organization]] states that no consistent risk of reproductive, developmental, or carcinogenic ef }}</ref> [[Operation Allied Force|bombing of Serbia]], and the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news
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• Architectural glass
  ...e the pipe, then rapidly spun on a table before it could cool. Centrifugal force shaped the hot globe of glass into a round, flat sheet. The sheet would the ...tempered laminated glass) it remains in the opening and can withstand more force for a longer period of time, making it much more difficult to get through.
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• Asbestos
  ...is more likely to cause health problems, as asbestos exists in the ambient air at low levels, which itself does not cause health problems.<ref>http://www. Six minerals are defined by the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency]] as "asbestos" including that belonging to
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• Emergency management
  ...n EU countries the term [[Crisis Management]] emphasises the political and security dimension rather than measures to satisfy the immediate needs of the civili ...obability and the level of impact of a specific hazard. The equation below states that the hazard multiplied by the populations’ vulnerability to that haza
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• Chlorine
  ...manganese dioxide, or [[hydrogen chloride]] gas oxidized catalytically by air to form elemental chlorine gas. ...cessdate=2008-09-12}}</ref> He called it "''dephlogisticated muriatic acid air''" since it is a gas (then called "airs") and it came from [[hydrochloric a
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• Counter-terrorism
  .... [[Image:US Customs and Border Protection officers.jpg|thumb|250px|United States Customs and Border Protection officers]] ...to include limited response and containment by local military and civilian forces."'' <ref name=JP1-02 />
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• Internet and terrorism
  ...rorism is “a politically motivated tactic involving the threat or use of force or violence in which the pursuit of publicity plays a significant role”.< ...ities against innocent civilians in Iraq supposedly carried out by foreign forces in order to generate local as well as international support for the terrori
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• Insurgency
  ...nstituted authority (for example, an authority recognised as such by the [[United Nations]]) when those taking part in the rebellion are not recognised as [[ ...power, and thus Confederate warships were given the same rights as United States warships in foreign ports.
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• History of terrorism
  |publisher=[[United Nations]]
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• Terrorism
  ...alif Deen. [http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=29633 POLITICS: U.N. Member States Struggle to Define Terrorism], [[Inter Press Service]], 25 July 2005.</ref> ...Terrorist Motives and Counterterrorism Strategy| journal = [[International Security]] |volume = 32 |issue = 4 |pages = 86–89 |publisher = [[MIT Press]] |loca
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• Aircraft hijacking
  ...ase, a plane was hijacked by the official pilot.<ref>{{cite news | title = Air China pilot hijacks his own jet to Taiwan | publisher = [[CNN]] | date = 19 ...814]]) to highlighting the grievances of a particular community (notably [[Air France Flight 8969|AF 8969]]). Hijackers also have used aircraft as a weapo
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• Guerrilla warfare
  ...on of 1857]], as well as by [[Pazhassi Raja]] of [[Kerala]] to fight the [[United Kingdom|British]]. ...ctics of guerrilla warfare tend to focus around the use of a small, mobile force competing against a larger, more unwieldy one. The guerrilla focuses on org
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• Taliban
  ...fghanistan, including 34,000 U.S. troops, and some 150,000 Afghan security forces. '''They face an estimated 7,000 to 11,000 insurgents''', according to U.S. |international = [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Pakistan]], [[United Arab Emirates]] (before [[September 11 attacks|11 September attacks]])
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