-Anti-aircraft
fire
-Assets
-Casualty
-Civilians
-Coalition forces
Coalition of the willing
Collateral damage
Convoy
FirefightFog of war
Friendly fire
Installation
Intelligence
Ordnance
Reconnaissance
RPG
Shock and awe
Sortie
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guns or missiles fired from the ground at aircraft
overheard - also known as "flak"
bombs
someone who is
either wounded or killed in
fighting or bombing - this can be a soldier or
an ordinary person
people who are not in the armed forces
armed forces from different countries who
share the fighting and are fighting for the
same reasons
American term for the countries involved in the Iraq conflict.
damage to anything you didn't mean to target - this can include humans which is why
it's a term which is seen by many as insensitive
a group of ships or vehicles travelling together under armed protection
battles involving gun fire the confusion that often surrounds military action
a term used to describe an accidental attack on someone who's fighting on the same side
military or industrial building - in the Iraq conflict, it's usually used to describe
oil fields and military targets
secret information collected about an enemy
bombs, missiles and shells which explode,
rather than bullets, which do not
this is when the military watches and checks out an area to get information about it,
usually for a while - sometimes shortened to "recce," or "recon"
Rocket Propelled Grenade. An explosive which,
rather than being thrown, is fired by a launcher
the term the Americans are using to describe
their massive bombing campaign
a small raiding party usually sent out to check
things out before a proper attack - can be air or ground raids a type of
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