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Hydrostatic shock

The contested hypothesis that a high-velocity bullet generates a remote pressure wave through body fluids sufficient to produce immediate neurological incapacitation without direct CNS contact. Supported by Courtney + Courtney (2007-2015); disputed by MacPherson (1994) on fluid-mechanical grounds. Not confirmed by NATO, DSTL, FBI, or Indian DRDO as a clinical-threshold phenomenon.

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