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  2. Defensive gun use - Wikipedia

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    Defensive gun use (DGU) is the use or presentation of a firearm for self-defense, defense of others or, in some cases, protecting property. The frequency of incidents involving DGU and their effectiveness in providing safety and reducing crime are controversial issues in gun politics and criminology, chiefly in the United States .

  3. Aegis Combat System - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the Aegis Combat System (Baseline 2-6). The Aegis Combat System (ACS) implements advanced command and control (command and decision, or C&D, in Aegis parlance). It is composed of the Aegis Weapon System (AWS), the fast-reaction component of the Aegis Anti-Aircraft Warfare (AAW) capability, along with the Phalanx Close In Weapon System (CIWS), and the Mark 41 Vertical Launch System

  4. DGU - Wikipedia

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    Defensive gun use; Dictionary of general usage; Dongguk University, South Korea This page was last edited on 8 January 2023, at 22:09 (UTC). Text is available under ...

  5. What a Florida man's school shooting database can tell us ...

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    The K-12 Shooting Database is available on the Center for Homeland Defense and Security's website for information on school shootings in the U.S.

  6. Defense Readiness Reporting System - Wikipedia

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    The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (NDAA 1999) added Section 117 to United States Code Title 10, which directed the Secretary of Defense to establish a "comprehensive readiness reporting system" that would "measure in an objective, accurate, and timely manner" the capability of the U.S. military to carry out the National Security Strategy, Defense Planning Guidance ...

  7. JADE (planning system) - Wikipedia

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    Joint Assistant for Development and Execution (JADE) is a U.S. military system used for planning the deployment of military forces in crisis situations. [1]The U.S. military developed this automated planning software system in order to expedite the creation of the detailed planning needed to deploy military forces for a military operation.

  8. Gary Kleck - Wikipedia

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    Kleck has done numerous studies of the effects of guns on death and injury in crimes, [3] on suicides, [4] and gun accidents, [5] the impact of gun control laws on rates of violence, [6] [7] the frequency and effectiveness of defensive gun use by crime victims, [8] [9] patterns of gun ownership, [10] why people support gun control, [11] and "the myth of big-time gun trafficking."

  9. Phalanx CIWS - Wikipedia

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    An entirely self-contained unit, the mounting houses the gun, an automated fire-control system and all other major components, enabling it to automatically search for, detect, track, engage, and confirm kills using its computer-controlled radar system. Owing to this self-contained nature, Phalanx is ideal for support ships, which lack ...