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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articlesavailable from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Firepower is themilitary capability to direct force at an enemy. It is not to beconfused with the concept of rate of fire, which describes cycling ofthe firing mechanism in a weapon system. It involves the whole range ofpotential weapons. The concept is taught as one of the key principles ofmodern warfare wherein the enemy forces are destroyed or have their willto fight negated by sufficient and preferably overwhelming use of forceas a result of combat operations. Through the ages firepower has come tomean offensive power applied from a distance, as there is an immediatedissonance with the thought of one-on-one close quarters combat.Firepower is thus something employed to keep enemy forces at a rangewhere they can be defeated in detail or sapped of the will to continue.…