The ITV is also an important component of the Expeditionary Fire Support System, which allows a mobile mortar system to provide long-range indirect fire support to infantry forces as part of the Marine Corps' "Ship to Objective Maneuver" doctrine.

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Gibson made an immediate impact by playing a major part in the Republic's third goal on 54 minutes with Christiansen unable to hold the substitute's long-range shot and Long reacting to fire home the rebound from 12 yards.

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Bush administration officials -- Powell among them -- argued that Iraq had harbored stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, a hidden nuclear weapons program and long-range missiles in violation of the cease-fire that ended the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

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The electromagnetic railgun is a long-range naval gun that will fire precision-guided hypervelocity projectiles to ranges greater than 200 nautical miles.

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U.S. and South Korean officials have said that North Korea seems to be preparing to test-fire its long-range missile, the Taepodong-2.

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For their big mid-winter party, they broke out that tender free-range lamb smoked over a dung fire to mark the halfway point in a long far northern winter.

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Andrew Krepinevich, a radical defence analyst whose thinking has been endorsed, in part, by Mr Rumsfeld, cites several weapon systems which deserve higher priority: long-range bombers, missiles and unmanned aircraft, ships designed for coastal warfare, and submarines which can fire cruise missiles.

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Aleksandr Ryazantsev's stunning long-range strike jolted Barca, who equalised through Zlatan Ibrahimovic's powerful finish, only for Gokdeniz Karadeniz to fire the winner following a breakaway as Pep Guardiola's side slumped to their first defeat of the season.

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