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1. The point on the drop zone where the first parachutist or air dropped cargo item lands or is expected to land.
2. The point at which a projectile, bomb, or re-entry vehicle impacts or is expected to impact.

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aimpoint angle of incidence ball game ballgame bombing angle bombing errors button up buttoned buttons center of burst desired mean point of impact desired point of impact dispersion error dispersion pattern firing laser sight lateral spread left (or right) line of impact			Stephen Hunter novels have appeared on the New York bestsellers lists and his Point of Impact novel has been made into a movie entitled Shooter with Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger. Night of Thunder by Allen, Daniel / Reviewer's Bookwatch However, the 28-year-old is to have a small plate inserted into his skull at the point of impact where he was hit by a spring weighing a kilogram which had worked loose from Rubens Barrichello's Brawn GP. Awaiting return; SPORT SHORTS: MOTOR SPORT by The Journal (Newcastle, England) It was also surprising how dramatically small changes in the amount of downward pressure affected point of impact. Downward pressure works by Lau, Konrad / Petersen's Bowhunting			point attractor point bar point d'appui Point de Galle point defect point defense point designation grid point duty point estimate point group point guard point in time point jam point lace point man point mutation Point net point of accumulation point of apoapsis Point of concurrence Point of contrary flexure point of departure point of entry point of honor point of honour point of impact point of inflection point of intersection point of no return point of order point of periapsis point of presence point of reference point of sale Point of sight point of view point off point out Point paper point source point spread Point Success Point switch point system Point system of type Point system of type bodies point target point the way point up point woman point-and-click			point of entry point of entry point of entry Point of Entry Selection Test Point of Entry Treatment Point of equilibrium Point of Essence point of etiquette Point of Existence Point of Exit Point of Exposure Point of fact Point of fact Point of failure point of fall point of fixation point of fixation point of fixation point of fixation point of fixation Point of Force Application point of frog Point of Grace Point of Grace Church Point of Historical Interest point of hock point of hock point of hock point of honor point of honour point of impact Point of Impingement Point of inflection Point of inflection Point of inflection Point of inflection Point of inflexion Point of inflexion Point of inflexion Point of information Point of Ingress Control Center Point of Intended Movement Point of Interception Point of Interconnection Point of Interest Exchange Language Specification Point of interface point of intersection point of intersection point of intersection Point of Intersection of Turnout Point of Last Contact Point of Last Environment Point of law Point of law point of lay point of lay point of lay point of lay point of lay point of lay Point of Main Effort

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