hardening
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They have also agreed to spend another 1.5% on security-adjacent measures, such as hardening their infrastructure, which could help counter Russia’s hybrid attack.
The fate of any individual home is tied to that of those nearby — it takes a whole neighborhood hardening their homes and maintaining their lawns to reach herd immunity protection against fire’s contagious spread.
From Los Angeles Times
Looming over it all is the U.S.’s hardening stance toward Europe.
Researchers have found comprehensive home hardening and defensible space can reduce the risk of a home burning by about a third, but not bring it down to zero.
From Los Angeles Times
It’s hardening and dispersing its defense industries against Ukraine’s long-range strikes.
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