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Collateral Damage
Collateral damage is a U.S. military term for unintended or incidental damage during a military operation. Collateral damage may also refer to: Film * ''Collateral Damage'' (1993 film), a Canadian short drama film directed by Leonard Farlinger * ''Collateral Damage'' (2002 film), an American action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger Music * ''Collateral Damage'' (album), by Spahn Ranch, 1993 * "Collateral Damage", a song by Brutal Truth from ''Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses ''Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses'' is the debut full-length album by American grindcore band Brutal Truth, released in September 1992 via Earache Records. Release Music videos were made for "Collateral Damage" (which once held the G ...'', 1992 * "Collateral Damage", a track by Muse from '' The Resistance'', 2009 Television episodes * "Collateral Damage" (''Black-ish''), 2018 * "Collateral Damage" (''CSI: Miami''), 2009 * "Collateral Damage" (''Doctors''), 2003 * "Collat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collateral Damage
"Collateral damage" is a term for any incidental and undesired death, injury or other damage inflicted, especially on civilians, as the result of an activity. Originally coined to describe military operations, it is now also used in non-military contexts to refer to negative unintended consequences of an action. Since the development of precision-guided munitions in the 1970s, military forces often claim to have gone to great lengths to minimize collateral damage. Critics of use of the term "collateral damage" see it as a euphemism that dehumanizes non-combatants killed or injured during combat, used to reduce the perceived culpability of military leadership in failing to prevent non-combatant casualties. Collateral damage does not include civilian casualties caused by military operations that are intended to terrorize or kill enemy civilians (e.g., the bombing of Chongqing during World War II and Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure openly described as "ret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
