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  2. Fires (military) - Wikipedia

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    Fires is the related tasks and systems that provide collective and coordinated use of Army indirect fires, air and missile defense, and joint fires through the targeting process. [1] Alternatively, it can be defined as the use of weapon systems to create a specific lethal or nonlethal effect on a target. [2]

  3. Fox (code word) - Wikipedia

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    A fighter pilot announcing that a weapon has been fired is intended to help avoid friendly fire, alerting other pilots to avoid maneuvering into the path of the munition. There are three variations of the Fox brevity word in use, with a number added to the end of Fox to describe the primary type of sensors the launched munition possesses (if ...

  4. List of established military terms - Wikipedia

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    Blockade: a ring of naval vessels surrounding a specific port or even an entire nation. The goal is to halt the movement of goods which could help the blockaded nation's war effort. Booby trap; Breach: a gap in fortified or battle lines. Breakout: exploiting a breach in enemy lines so that a large force (division or above) passes through.

  5. Fire Force (Rhodesia) - Wikipedia

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    Fire Force was an operational assault or response usually composed of a first wave of 32 soldiers carried to the scene by three helicopters (G-Cars) and one Dakota (Paradak), with a command/gunship helicopter (K-Car) and a light attack aircraft in support (Lynx). One of the advantages of the Fire Force was its flexibility, as all that was ...

  6. Nonspecific immune cell - Wikipedia

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    Complement proteins are proteins that play a role in the non-specific immune responses alongside these non-specific immune cells to make up the first line of immune defense. [4] The non-specific immune response is an immediate antigen-independent response, however it is not antigen-specific. Non-specific immunity results in no immunologic memory.

  7. Fire and movement - Wikipedia

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    Fire and movement, or fire and maneuver, is the basic modern military low-level unit tactic used to maneuver on the battlefield in the presence of the enemy, especially when under fire. It involves heavy use of all available cover, and highly-coordinated exchanges of rapid movement by some elements of the squad or platoon while other elements ...

  8. Fire Force season 1 - Wikipedia

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    Fire Force is an anime series based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Atsushi Ōkubo.The series is animated by David Production and directed by Yuki Yase, with Yamato Haijima handling the series' scripts, Hideyuki Morioka designing the characters, and Kenichiro Suehiro composing the music.

  9. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    3D zone control: The strategy of 3D zone control intended to improve the safety of firefighters operating inside a burning structure.It attempts to safeguard the immediate locality of any space occupied by firefighters in resorting to various defensive actions that (a) confine the fire; (b) remove combustion products safely and effectively; or (c) mitigate dangers in the hot-gas layers.