The system would be used to detect enemy dispositions and to assess battle damage to enemy forces.

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They also often have to go over video of an incident repeatedly to assess the battle damage.

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Following the engagement, Staff Sergeant Miller led a small squad forward to conduct a battle damage assessment.

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For example, intelligence support, including battle damage assessment, can be provided from outside the theater of operations.

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Samsung has now identified itself as a company willing to accept the loss of accessibility for the vision-impaired as collateral damage in its battle with Apple.

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The choice then becomes whether to battle the dragon right away (and damage the town) or track him back to his lair.

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Most can be mollified before they do serious damage, but the bent to battle "unfair" liberalization of commerce doesn't bode well--not for the WTO 's Doha Round, already on life support, not for a new Pacific Rim attempt and not for bilateral trade pacts.

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Therefore the ECB, without doing any real damage, looks solid and austere in the battle against inflation for a little bit longer.

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Though, with all the damage already done, I fear this one is an uphill, albeit losing, battle for Mr Romney.

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Republicans suffered grievous political damage in the mid-1990s when they engineered a pair of government shutdowns in a battle with President Bill Clinton over spending.

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