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  2. Streisand effect - Wikipedia

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    Streisand effect. The Streisand effect is an unintended consequence of attempts to hide, remove, or censor information, where the effort instead increases public awareness of the information. The effect is named for American singer and actress Barbra Streisand, whose attorney attempted in 2003 to suppress the publication of a photograph showing ...

  3. Suppressive fire - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In military science, suppressive fire is "fire that degrades the performance of an enemy force below the level needed to fulfill its mission" [clarification needed]. When used to protect exposed friendly troops advancing on the battlefield, it is commonly called covering fire. Suppression is usually only effective for the duration of ...

  4. Insurrection Act of 1807 - Wikipedia

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    The Insurrection Act of 1807 is a United States federal law [1] that empowers the president of the United States to deploy U.S. military and federalized National Guard troops within the United States in particular circumstances, such as to suppress civil disorder, insurrection, or rebellion. The act provides a "statutory exception" to the Posse ...

  5. Fires (military) - Wikipedia

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    Fires (military) 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.

  6. Law enforcement response to the January 6 United States ...

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    t. e. Law enforcement mounted a response to the January 6 United States Capitol attack, initially failing to maintain security perimeters and protect parts of the building from being breached and occupied, but succeeding at protecting members of Congress, and subsequently, as reinforcements arrived, to secure the breached Capitol.

  7. Riot control - Wikipedia

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    In response to the extreme amount of force used on the protesters, a survey found that 25.7% of the population experienced depression, while 9.1% had thoughts of committing suicide. [24] There were similar findings during the Arab Spring in Egypt, where school children in schools near the Tahrir Square (the location of massive riots) were ...

  8. Silencer (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    9×19mm Parabellum, a very popular caliber for suppressed shooting, can use almost any factory-loaded 147 grains (9.5 g) weight round to achieve subsonic performance. These 147gr weight bullets typically have a velocity of 900–980 feet per second (270–300 m/s), which is less than the 1,140 feet per second (350 m/s) speed of sound.

  9. Recoil - Wikipedia

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    Recoil is explained by the law of conservation of momentum, and so it is easier to discuss it separately from energy. Momentum is simply mass multiplied by velocity. Velocity is speed in a particular direction (not just speed). In a very technical sense, speed is a scalar (mathematics): a magnitude; while velocity is a vector (physics ...