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    Enemies, threats such as anti-ship missiles, speed boats, submarines, shore-based cruise missiles, littoral threats, sea mines, ballistic missiles, or asymmetric threats, missions/operations, technologies alter drastically. They require new capabilities for naval vessels. Modularity provides necessary quality attributes, reduced operational downtime, reduced shipbuilding costs, decreased construction time and many more military benefits that minimize the challenges faced. This study examines…

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    could uninvent one invention it would be… Drones have caused chaos around our world in the recent news through the military use, citizen’s use, and environmental issues they have caused. The US Military has created more enemy combatants by killing not only, other enemy combatants, but innocent by standers using drones because they cannot be accurate enough with drones. Unmanned drones can seem like a good way to keep US soldiers safe, but they ultimately put more Americans in danger in the long…

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    During the 19th century the Industrial Revolution had a major impact on the conduct of war it showed the effects of the new technology advances in the industry and agriculture which were to revolutionize warfare. There was an opportunity for experimentation with the testing of new weapons the Industrial Revolution brought many changes in for naval warfare since there was experimentation with new technology steam power ships appeared by making larger and deadlier guns and the development of…

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    him traumatized. What the author called shell-shocked and is known in the modern day mental health care as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. At that time, mental health had not evolved to the point of giving much needed mental care attention to ex-combatants and thus, when he went back to the society, he carried with him most of the mental trauma, and it manifested in his association with people. Ultimately, Shadrack was not a dangerous person. He…

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    of Noah Pierce,” Ira R. Kats states that around “550 and 650 veterans are committing suicide each month” (qtd. in Gilbertson). This is surely due to the tasks carried out by these veterans, which is eliminating enemy threats regardless of collateral damage which can include non-combatants such…

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    Guantánamo Bay detention camp Legal assignment Guantanamo bay detention centre a. Identify and describe a contemporary human rights issue The Guantanamo Bay detention camp (also known as GITMO), is a US detention facility located on the coast of Guantanamo Bay in south-eastern Cuba, on the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base. It was built in 2002 in response to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and subsequent military operations in Afghanistan. The detention centre was used to house Muslim militants and…

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    depicts. All of the soldiers being played are fictional and compounded personalities, but a movie cannot hope to move along at a reasonable pace and show everyone involved. Some enemy combatants in real life did actually surrender as depicted, and soldiers then were potentially as enthusiastic about destroying the enemy. The battle, which in real life was hours long, takes about thirty minutes to finish in this scene, but this film as a whole is not merely concerned with the developments of a…

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    during the siege as only a minimal amount of enemy Gauls were able to escape the town and only during the first wall’s construction. Though beset on both sides, the Romans were able to defend their walls and keep the enemy from uniting with Vercingetorix within Alesia. The circumvallation was key in Caesar’s eventual victory over the Gauls.…

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    Sound Off: Military Technology and Technique 1. Rank order the technologies that had the greatest impact on the conflict. I. The Utilization of offensive operations characterized the conduct of World War II. Technological advancements allowed forces to maneuver at faster in order to maintain a relative advantage over the opposition. II. The use of the tank revolutionized the war as it facilitated high speed maneuver tactics. Unlike The tanks of The Great war, World War II tanks had improved…

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    self-defense, such as the use of force to kill, apprehend, or punish criminals who pose a threat to the lives of humans or property. Legitimate targets in war, such as enemy combatants and strategic infrastructure that are an integral part of the enemy's war effort. Collateral damage, including the infliction of incidental damage to non-combatant targets during an attack on or attempting to attack legitimate targets in…

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