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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  |image=Beirutbarr.jpg|300px|caption=A smoke cloud rises from the rubble of the bombed barracks at Beirut International Airport. ...dmark|name=USMCBarracksatBeirutAirport|display=inline,title}}<br/>[[United States Marine Corps]] [[barracks]], [[Beirut Airport]]
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• USS Thomas J. Gary (DE-326)
  |Ship out of service= |Ship out of service=
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• Edsall class destroyer escort
  |Operators={{navy|United States}}<br>{{navy|United States|coast guard}}<br>{{navy|South Vietnam}}<br>{{navy|Philippines}}<br>{{navy|T ...nd two were attacked by [[German missiles of WW2|guided missile]]s used by the Germans.
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• Air Defense Anti-Tank System
  | caption=ADATS on display for the 2008 [[Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo]] | primary_armament=8 ADATS missiles
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• Mokopa
  ...requiring the target to be illuminated by a [[laser designator]] either on the launch platform or elsewhere; though there are alternative guidance package ...missile in. This method of launching greatly reduces the exposure time of the launch platform to enemy fire.
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• Vickers Vigilant
  |type=[[Wire-guided]] [[Anti-tank missile]] ...om]], [[Finland]], [[Kuwait]], [[Dubai]], [[Switzerland]], [[United States of America]]
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• 3"/50 caliber gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|150|in|m}} bore (50 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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• 3"/70 Mark 26 gun
  |origin= {{flag|United States}} |part_length= {{convert|210|in|m}} bore (70 [[Caliber#Caliber as measurement of length|calibres]])
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...r (turned sideways). It operates the trapeze seen above the sights, moving the sights to adjust for lead. ...llies]] as well as various other forces. It is often referred to simply as the '''''Bofors gun'''''.
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• Close-in weapon system
  ...eat(s) having penetrated the fleet's available outer defenses). Typically, the acronym is pronounced ''sea-whiz''. Nearly all classes of modern [[warship]] are equipped with some kind of CIWS device.
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• M61 Vulcan
  |origin= [[United States]] |used_by= [[United States]]/[[NATO]]
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• Mousetrap (weapon)
  ...ar]] by the [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]]{{Fact|date=October 2008}} and the [[U.S. Coast Guard]].<ref name=uscg> ...er, were [[spigot mortar|spigot]]-launched, placing considerable strain on the launching vessel's [[deck]], whereas Mousetrap was rocket-propelled. As a r
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• Phalanx CIWS
  | origin = United States ...http://www.navy.mil/navydata/fact_display.asp?cid=2100&tid=800&ct=2 |title=The US Navy - Fact File |publisher=Navy.mil |date=2009-11-09 |accessdate=2010-0
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...such as the [[Armament of the Iowa class battleship|USS ''Iowa'']]. After the 1950s, GCFSs were integrated with missile [[fire-control system]]s and othe ...NNERY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958 edition|location =Washington 25, D.C.}}</ref>
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• Paraffin
  {{two other uses||the fuel called "paraffin" in [[the UK]] and [[South Africa]]|Kerosene}} ...; they are found in the solid state at room temperature and begin to enter the liquid phase past approximately 37°C.
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• Counter-terrorism
  '''Counter-terrorism''' (also spelled '''counterterrorism''') is the practices, [[Military tactics|tactics]], techniques, and strategies that [[ ...ls, such as [[Timothy McVeigh]], may also engage in terrorist acts such as the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
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• Taliban
  ...ivil war in Afghanistan]], the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]] and the [[War in North-West Pakistan|Waziristan War]] |image = [[Image:Flag of Taliban.svg|border|200px|Taliban flag]]
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• Al-Qaeda
  |logo = Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq.svg |opponents = [[United States]], [[Israel]], [[United Nations]], [[United Kingdom]], Afghan National Army, Iraqi Armed Forces, Coalition Forces/Tribe
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• Cruise missile strikes on Afghanistan and Sudan (August 1998)
  |partof=the [[Post-Cold War era]] |casus=[[1998 U.S. embassy bombings|bombings of US embassies]] in [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]], rapid escalation in Al-Qaeda
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• Drone attacks in Pakistan
  |partof= the [[War on Terrorism]], [[War in North-West Pakistan]], [[War in Afghanistan |caption= Pakistani tribal villagers view damage caused by the [[Damadola airstrike]]
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