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U.S. Department of Defence
Industry: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
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The oceans, seas, bays, estuaries, and other major water bodies, including their surface interface and interaction, with the atmosphere and with the land seaward of the mean high water mark.
Industry:Military
The observation of space and of the activities occurring in space. This mission is normally accomplished with the aid of ground-based radars and electro¬optical sensors. This term is separate and distinct from the intelligence collection mission conducted by space-based sensors which surveil terrestrial activity.
Industry:Military
The obligation imposed by law or lawful order or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
Industry:Military
The number that expresses the space, in cubic feet, occupied by a long ton of any commodity as prepared for shipment, including all crating or packaging.
Industry:Military
The number or letter referring to the specific pulse spacing of the signals transmitted by an interrogator or transponder.
Industry:Military
The number of minutes and seconds to elapse before aircraft ordnance impacts on target.
Industry:Military
The number of aircraft authorized to a unit for performance of its operational mission. The primary authorization forms the basis for the allocation of operating resources to include manpower, support equipment, and flying-hour funds.
Industry:Military
The number given to a complete load and to the transporting carrier.
Industry:Military
The nonsuspendable right of continuous and expeditious transit through archipelagic waters in the normal mode through and over routes normally used for navigation and overflight.
Industry:Military
The nonsuspendable right of continuous and expeditious navigation and/or overflight in the normal mode through an international strait linking one part of the high seas (or exclusive economic zone) with another.
Industry:Military