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Asymmetric Threat
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Asymmetric Threat
The possibility that a weak power will use surprise, deception, terrorism, new technologies, or some other unconventional method to defeat a strong power. Asymmetric threat poses a political risk to commerce.


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For more than 10 years we have provided the Navy with innovative automation technology to counter asymmetric threats and conduct anti-submarine warfare," said Jim Quinn, vice president -of Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions-Defense.
The fourth and final phase will deal with asymmetric threats, such as terrorists on passenger liners, sea pollution, saving people from burning buildings, spotting and arresting illegal immigrants, saving people from a collapsed building and detonating explosives.
Required to counter the asymmetric threats found in demanding operational environments such as Afghanistan, the air force launched a programme to equip the C-27J with a counter-IED (CIED) payload.
 
 
 
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