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The Cold War developed between the Soviet bloc and the United States, Canada, and Western European nations. [5] Tensions were highest between the United States and the Soviet Union in the regions bordering the Iron Curtain, notably West Germany and East Germany, and relations between the two superpowers were characterized by hostile attitudes, spying, and numerous incidents resulting in loss ...
On 6 October 2012, an Israeli F-16I, serial 844, shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle over southern Israel using two Python-5 missiles, the first one missing the target. [ 48 ] On 25 April 2013, an Israeli F-16C shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) from Lebanon over the sea off Haifa, in northern Israel using a Python-5 missile.
A unit or position is "in defilade" if it uses natural or artificial obstacles to shield or conceal. For an armored fighting vehicle (AFV), defilade is synonymous with a hull-down or turret-down position. Defilade is also used to refer to a position on the reverse slope of a hill or within a depression in level or rolling terrain.
U.S. forces, attempting to bring down Somali National Alliance (SNA) Leader Mohammed Farah Aidid, embarked on a mission in the capital city of Mogadishu to capture some of Aidid’s top aides.
Insurgents shot down two American Black Hawk helicopters with rocket-propelled grenades. When about 90 U.S. Rangers and Delta Force operators rushed to the rescue, they were caught in an intense ...
Coup de grâce: a final shot intended to finish off a sinking (enemy) ship (which should be distinguished from scuttling). Crossing the Tee; Conn; Vanguard—the leading part of an advancing military formation; Line astern, line ahead, or line of battle; Over-the-beach capability; Raking fire; Scuttling; Weather gage
A US Lockheed Martin RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), conducting covert military surveillance was allegedly "brought down with minimum damage" [103] near the city of Kashmar in northeastern Iran. The Iranian government claimed that the UAV was shot down or hacked into by its electronic warfare unit.
On 6 August 2011, a U.S. CH-47D Chinook military helicopter operating with the call sign Extortion 17 (pronounced "one-seven") was shot down while transporting a Quick Reaction Force attempting to reinforce a Joint Special Operations Command unit of the 75th Ranger Regiment in the Tangi Valley in Maidan Wardak province, southwest of Kabul, Afghanistan.