Missile defense

Missile defense

Measures designed to detect, identify, track, and defeat attacking (ballistic) missiles in both strategic and theater tactical roles, during any portion of their flight trajectory (boost, post-boost, midcourse, or terminal) or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack.

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blast effect

Military; Missile defense

Destruction of or damage to structures and personnel by the force of an explosion on or above the surface of the ground. Blast effect may be contrasted with the cratering and ground-shock effects of ...

environments

Military; Missile defense

The media, conditions, and/or physical objects in which a BMD asset is immersed or surrounded. For BMD systems and elements, the comprehensive environments definition consists of natural, hostile, ...

impulse kill

Military; Missile defense

The destruction of a target, using directed energy, by ablative shock. The intensity of directed energy may be so great that the surface of the target violently and rapidly boils off delivering a ...

intelligence

Military; Missile defense

1. The product, resulting from the collection, evaluation, analysis, integration and interpretation of all available information concerning foreign countries or areas. 2. Information and knowledge ...

thermosphere

Military; Missile defense

The atmospheric shell extending from the top of the mesosphere to outer space; it is a region of more or less steadily increasing temperature with height, starting at 40 to 50 miles (70 to 80 ...

Wargame 2000

Military; Missile defense

Title of BMDO program for development of a state-of-the-art simulation tool at the JNTF for use in CONOPS validation, missile defense program design verification, validation and accreditation, and ...

direct labor

Military; Missile defense

Labor specifically identified with a particular final cost objective. Manufacturing direct labor includes fabrication, assembly, inspection and test for constructing the end product. Engineering ...