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key terrain

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Any locality, or area, the seizure or retention of which affords a marked advantage to either combatant. See also vital ground.


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The battery also supported 2/5 Marines on many occasions, providing additional combat power and securing key terrain.
9, the retreating Taliban forces had reorganized, and they concentrated their defense on the key terrain around the Tangi Gap.
Operation Thunderstruck was an overall obstacle (countermobility) plan to block the enemy's use of key terrain and hinder his movement, preventing immediate egress from the POO to south Babil.
 
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