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  • 21Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction        Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …

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  • 22PGB — may refer to:* Persatuan Gerak Badan, a martial arts style * Polska Grupa Badawcza, an opinion poll institute * Precision Guided Bomb, guided weapons designed to cause minimum collateral damage * PGB Engineers, a London based engineering company …

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  • 23January 8, 2005 — January 8 2005* A U.S. Navy nuclear submarine, USS San Francisco , runs aground south of the Pacific island of Guam. [http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005 01 08 sub x.htm (USA Today|AP)] [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4157517.stm (BBC)]… …

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  • 24GBU-15 — Guided Bomb Unit 15 is an unpowered, glide weapon used to destroy high value enemy targets. It was designed for use with F 15E Strike Eagle, F 111 Aardvark and F 4 Phantom II aircraft, but the United States Air Force is currently only deploying… …

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  • 25Joint Direct Attack Munition — The Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) is a guidance kit that converts existing unguided gravity bombs, or dumb bombs , into all weather smart munitions. JDAM equipped bombs are guided to their target by an integrated inertial guidance system… …

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  • 26B-1 Lancer — Infobox Aircraft name = B 1 Lancer type = Strategic bomber national origin = United States manufacturer = North American Rockwell Rockwell International Boeing caption = A B 1B Lancer in flight. designer = first flight = 23 December 1974… …

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  • 27Strategic bombing — is a military strategy used in a total war with the goal of defeating an enemy nation state by destroying its economic ability to wage war rather than destroying its land or naval forces. It is a systematically organized and executed attack from… …

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  • 28Dornier Do 217 — Do 217 Do 217 E 2 Role Medium bomber Heavy bomber …

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  • 29A-10 Thunderbolt II — Infobox Aircraft name = A 10 Thunderbolt II type = Close air support attack aircraft manufacturer = Fairchild Republic caption = designer = first flight =10 May 1972 introduction =March 1977 retired = number built =715 [… …

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  • 30Haywood S. Hansell — Infobox Military Person name= Haywood Shepherd Hansell, Jr. born= birth date|1903|9|28 died= death date and age|1988|11|14|1903|9|28 placeofbirth= Fort Monroe, Virginia placeofdeath= Hilton Head, South Carolina placeofburial= United States Air… …

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