physical damage assessment

physical damage assessment
The estimate of the quantitative extent of physical damage (through munition blast, fragmentation, and/or fire damage effects) to a target resulting from the application of military force. This assessment is based usually upon single source data. See also battle damage assessment.

Military dictionary. 2000.

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