Search and destroy
Search and destroy, seek and destroy, or simply S&D is a military strategy best known for its employment in the Malayan Emergency and the Vietnam War. The strategy consists of inserting ground forces into hostile territory, ''search''ing out ...
is a military strategy that became a notorious element of the Vietnam War.
Search and Destroy or Seek and Destroy may also refer to:
Military
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Sense and Destroy ARMor
Project Sense and Destroy ARMor, or SADARM, is a United States 'smart' submunition capable of searching for, and destroying tanks within a given target area.
History
Beginnings
SADARM development can be traced back to the early 1960s. The ori ...
or Seek and Destroy ARMor, a U.S. submunition capable of searching for and destroying tanks
*"Seek and Destroy", the motto of
No. 41 Squadron RAF
No. 41 Squadron of the Royal Air Force is the RAF's Typhoon Test and Evaluation Squadron ("TES"), based at RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire. Its official title is "41 TES". The squadron was formed in 1916 during First World War as part of the Royal ...
Games
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Search & Destroy: Tactical Combat Vietnam 1965-1966'', a 1975 board wargame
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''Seek and Destroy'' (1996 video game), a game developed by Safari Software and published by Epic Megagames
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''Seek and Destroy'' (2002 video game), an action game developed by Takara
Music
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"Search and Destroy" (The Stooges song), 1973, notably covered by the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Skunk Anansie
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"Search and Destroy" (Thirty Seconds to Mars song), 2009
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Seek & Destroy", a 1983 song by Metallica from the album ''Kill 'Em All'', with a chorus lyric of "Searching - seek and destroy."
*"Seek and Destroy", a 1989 song by Geto Boys from ''
Grip It! On That Other Level
''Grip It! On That Other Level'' is the second studio album by the Houston, Texas based hip-hop group, the Ghetto Boys (later spelled Geto Boys), released on March 12, 1989, on Rap-A-Lot Records. Following the disappointing results of the group' ...
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*"Seek and Destroy", a 2006 song by Kasabian from ''
Empire
An empire is a "political unit" made up of several territories and peoples, "usually created by conquest, and divided between a dominant center and subordinate peripheries". The center of the empire (sometimes referred to as the metropole) ex ...
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*"Search & Destroy", a 1995 song by KMFDM from ''
Nihil
''Nihil'' is the eighth studio album by German industrial band KMFDM, released on April 4, 1995, by Wax Trax! Records. The album marked the return of former band member Raymond Watts and the first appearance of journeyman drummer Bill Rief ...
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*"Seek and Destroy", a 1983 song by Raven from ''
All for One''
*"Seek & Destroy", a 2022 song by SZA from ''
SOS''
Other uses
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''Search and Destroy'' (novel), a spy novel by Tom Clancy with Peter Telep
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''Search & Destroy'' (punk zine), a zine published by V. Vale from 1977 to 1979 and succeeded by ''RE/Search''
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''Search and Destroy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Canuxploitation film
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''Search and Destroy'' (1995 film), a film by David Salle and starring Dennis Hopper
**''Search and Destroy'', a play by
Howard Korder
Howard Korder is an American screenwriter and playwright. He is the author of the 1988 coming-of-age play '' Boy's Life'', which earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Drama nomination. His play ''Search and Destroy'' was adapted into a film in 1995. ...
and the basis for the film
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Search and Destroy (''Person of Interest''), a 2015 episode of ''Person of Interest''
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"Seek and Destroy" (''Captain Scarlet''), a 1968 episode of ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons''
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Spybot – Search & Destroy
Spybot – Search & Destroy (S&D) is a spyware and adware removal computer program compatible with Microsoft Windows. Dating back to the first Adwares in 2000, Spybot scans the computer hard disk and/or Random Access Memory, RAM for malicious so ...
, a spyware and adware removal program for Microsoft Windows systems
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