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Ballistics
is the science that deals with the motion, behavior, and effects of
projectiles, especially bullets, gravity bombs, rockets, or the like;
the science or art of designing and hurling projectiles so as to achieve
a desired performance.
A ballistic body is a body which is free to move, behave, and be
modified in appearance, contour, or texture by ambient conditions,
substances, or forces, as by the pressure of gases in a gun, by rifling
in a barrel, by gravity, by temperature, or by air particles. A
ballistic missile is a missile only guided during the relatively brief
initial powered phase of flight and its course is subsequently governed
by the laws of classical mechanics.
In the field of forensic science, forensic ballistics is the science of
analyzing firearm usage in crimes.
Following are websites that
provide information on firearm identification and ballistic forensics:
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