Pentagon Buzzword
Kinetic, as used in the Defense Department lately, means essentially the same as physical in other contexts: it means actually shooting at people rather than, e.g., cyberwar. (Source: Byron York, 3/25/2011 PBS Newshour, http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june11/shieldsyork_03-25.html)
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