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"We cannot go back to operating as we might have done even 10 years ago when it was still tanks, fast jets and fleet escorts that dominated the doctrine of our three services," he has said, adding: "The lexicon of today is nonkinetic effects teams, counter-IED [improvised explosive devices], information dominance, counter-piracy and cyber attack and defence."
General Sir David Richards appointed chief of defence staff 2010
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Could they have looked at nonkinetic ways to address the Colonies' grievances?
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The report card is mixed regarding next-generation nonkinetic, or limited effects, weaponry
Latest Articles 2009
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To the extent that they help counter a present or future threat, the military often avails itself of these nonkinetic instruments to prevent conflict and counter extremism in various locations around the world.
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"I'm trying to render an enemy system nonfunctional with a nonkinetic attack," says John Osterholz, BAE Systems vice president for integrated cyber-warfare and cyber-security.
Latest Articles 2009
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A product of the symposium will be a white paper that will explain why brain science is critical to national security, looking at brain injury and brain maladies, human-machine systems, training, and nonkinetic conflict.
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Both the 1207 programs and CERP have given Combatant Commanders and tactical commanders on the battlefield much needed flexibility to bring nonkinetic tools to pressing security problems.
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Mechanisms used for neutralization may be '' 'kinetic' '' (i.e., causing physical damage or destruction) or '' 'nonkinetic' '' (e.g., [[electronic warfare]] and interference with computers or networks).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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These measures, however, are almost all nonkinetic in nature.
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Mechanisms used for neutralization may be '' 'kinetic' '' (i.e., causing physical damage or destruction) or '' 'nonkinetic' '' (e.g., [[electronic warfare]] and interference with computers or networks).
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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