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  2. Defense Support of Civil Authorities - Wikipedia

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    The provision of DSCA is codified in Department of Defense Directive 3025.18. [1] This directive defines DSCA as: Support provided by U.S. Federal military forces, DoD civilians, DoD contract personnel, DoD Component assets, and National Guard forces (when the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Governors of the affected States, elects and requests to use those forces in title 10, U ...

  3. United States Department of Defense - Wikipedia

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    The United States Department of Defense (DoD, [2] USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the U.S. government directly related to national security and the United States Armed Forces.

  4. Bell OH-58 Kiowa - Wikipedia

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    OH-58 Kiowa. In the 1970s, the U.S. Army began evaluating the need to improve the capabilities of their scout aircraft. Anticipating the AH-64A's replacement of the venerable AH-1, the Army began shopping the idea of an Aerial Scout Program to stimulate the development of advanced technological capabilities for night vision and precision navigation equipment.

  5. ATACMS - Wikipedia

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    The MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS / ə ˈ t æ k ə m z /) is a supersonic tactical ballistic missile designed and manufactured by the US defense company Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV), and later Lockheed Martin through acquisitions.

  6. Stryker - Wikipedia

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    The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicles derived from the Canadian LAV III.Stryker vehicles are produced by General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada (GDLS-C) for the United States Army in a plant in London, Ontario.

  7. National Response Scenario Number One - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear Testing.. National Response Scenario Number One is the United States federal government's planned response to a small scale nuclear attack. [1] It is one of the National Response Scenarios developed by the United States Department of Homeland Security, considered the most likely of fifteen emergency scenarios to impact the United States.

  8. Joint Light Tactical Vehicle - Wikipedia

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    The DoD released a request for proposal (RfP) for the TD phase of the JLTV program in February 2008. [16] In October 2008, the Pentagon narrowed the field of vendors to respondents Lockheed Martin, General Tactical Vehicles and BAE Systems/Navistar. Each team was awarded contracts worth between $35.9 million and $45 million to begin the next ...

  9. NASAMS - Wikipedia

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    NASAMS (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, also known as Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System [5]) is a short- to medium-range [6]: 4 ground-based air defense system developed by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) and RTX Corporation. [7]