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 Xbox: E3 2004: StarCraft Ghost Interview
On top of that, she possesses an arsenal of powerful weaponry, including a state-of-the-art Gauss machine rifle, fragmentation grenades, and spider mines.
Gamers playing Ghost will find that at times, the best solution is using the intensive firepower of Nova's Gauss rifle, or a nearby machine gun turret, tank, or Goliath Combat Walker.
While there is a stealth component to our game, it is only part of the game play.
xbox.ign.com /articles/513/513745p1.html

  
 The World's Elite Forces: Small Arms and Accessories
John Walter is a respected authority on all aspects of weaponry and is the author of numerous books includingnumerous contributions to the Greenhill Military Manuals series, The Guns that Won the West and The Luger Story.
Small arms expert John Walter also charts the parallel advances of body armour and grenades; just as the use of Kevlar and composites has improved personal safety, so the advent of smoke, stun and controlled fragmentation grenades has improved the performance of the individual soldier in counter-terrorist operations.
The World's Elite Forces: Small Arms and Accessories is a comprehensive and thoroughly modern guide to the diversity of weapons employed by the 'elite of the elite'.
www.greenhillbooks.com /booksheets/small_accessories.html

  
 Non-Lethal Weapons: Terms and References
Unlike conventional lethal weapons that destroy their targets principally through blast, penetration and fragmentation, non-lethal weapons employ means other than gross physical destruction to prevent the target from functioning.
Nonlethal technology, when coupled with traditional forms of lethal weaponry, allow for the application of short-term incapacitation, long-term incapacitation, and deadly force against the physical and mental/perceptual attributes of human targets and the hardware and software attributes of machine targets.
Weapons that can be switched from "lethal" to "nonlethal" by a simple mechanism, having multiple barrels, or using ammunition which can be switched at launch (single barrel, lightened logistic chain) [529].
www.zarc.com /english/non-lethal_weapons/nlt-usaf.html   (12451 words)

  
 E Law: Legal Issues Concerning Military Use of Non-Lethal Weapons - Text
Unlike conventional lethal weapons that destroy their targets principally through blast, penetration and fragmentation, non-lethal weapons only employ means other than gross physical destruction to prevent the target from functioning.
The idealistic solution would be a weapon which purpose is not to kill, allowing the military commander to fill the gap: a weapon which could be employed in situations where the use of traditional weaponry would not be permitted or would be rendered difficult.
The option to resort to lethal force would still be available to protect the forces, and at the same time the option to use non-lethal force would allow a better protection of the non-combatants (see figure 3).
www.murdoch.edu.au /elaw/issues/v7n2/sautenet72_text.html   (8892 words)

  
 Juno Beach Centre - General Andrew G.L. McNaughton
McNaughton’s contribution to the development of new techniques is outstanding, especially in the field of detection and weaponry, including the discarding sabot projectile.
His obstinate opposition to the fragmentation of Canadian troops stationed in Great Britain antagonized both the British senior Staff and the Canadian government.
Andrew George Latta McNaughton, born in Moosomin (then North-West Territories, now in Saskatchewan) February 25, 1887, died in Montebello (Quebec) July 11, 1966.
www.junobeach.org /e/3/can-pep-can-mcnaughton-e.htm   (8892 words)

  
 Juno Beach Centre - General Andrew G.L. McNaughton
McNaughton’s contribution to the development of new techniques is outstanding, especially in the field of detection and weaponry, including the discarding sabot projectile.
His obstinate opposition to the fragmentation of Canadian troops stationed in Great Britain antagonized both the British senior Staff and the Canadian government.
Prime Minister King’s trust towards McNaughton remains unabated and he is appointed Minister of Defence in 1944, with the specific mandate to solve the conscription issue.
www.junobeach.org /e/3/can-pep-can-mcnaughton-ep.htm   (431 words)

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