Search and Destroy

For articles with a similar name, see Seek and Destroy (disambiguation). Search and Destroy, or Seek and Destroy, or Zippo, or even simply S&D, refers to a military strategy that became a notorious component of the Vietnam War. It became an offensive tactic, crucial to General Westmoreland’s second phase. In his three phase strategy, the first consisted of slowing down the Vietcong Forces; the second was to resume the offensive and destroy the enemy; and the third to restore the area under South Vietnamese government control. The Zippo missions, were mainly assigned to the second phase around 1966 and 1967, along with operations “Clear and Secure.”
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Seek and Destroy may refer to:Seek and Destroy, a 2002 action game for the PlayStation 2 developed by Takara"Seek & Destroy", a song by Metallica from their 1983 album Kill 'Em All"Search and Destroy", a song by The Stooges"A movie" by David SalleSeek and Destroy ARMor, a U.S. submunition capable of searching for and destroying tanksSearch and destroy (also called Seek and Destroy), a military strategy that became a notorious element of the Vietnam War"Seek and Destroy", a song by Raven from their 1983 album All for One "Seek and Destroy", a song by Geto Boys from their 1989 album Grip It! On That Other Level"Seek and Destroy", a song by Kasabian from their 2006 album Empire"Seek And Destroy", the motto of No. 41 Squadron RAF, which formerly operated Jaguar Ground attack and Reconnaissance Aircraft."Seek and Destroy" (Captain Scarlet episode), the 15th episode of Captain Scarlet and the MysteronsSeek and Destroy, a PC game developed by Safari Software and published by Epic MegagamesSpybot - Search & Destroy, a spyware and adware removal program for Microsoft Windows and Linux systemsSearch and Destroy, a zine published by V. Vale
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Hackerism for a noninteractive search-and-replace facility in an editor, so called because an incautiously chosen match pattern can cause infinite damage.
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