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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weapons readiness state

Military; Missile defense

The degree of readiness of air defense weapons which can become airborne or be launched to carry out an assigned task. Weapons readiness states are expressed in number of weapons and number of ...

missile guidance system

Military; Missile defense

A system that evaluates flight information, correlates it with target data, determines the desired flight path of a missile, and communicates the necessary commands to the missile flight control ...

air defense action area

Military; Missile defense

An area and the airspace above it within which friendly aircraft or surface-to-air weapons are normally given precedence in operations except under specific conditions. See also air defense ...

response plan selection

Military; Missile defense

The continual comparison of the nature of the observed threat with the defense system capabilities and selects the best way to attack the threat in accordance with established priorities and ...

event based contracting

Military; Missile defense

Support “event driven acquisition strategy” by linking specific contractual events to the “exit criteria” for the acquisition phase, or to intermediate development events established for the ...

flight readiness firing

Military; Missile defense

A missile system test of short duration conducted with the propulsion system operating while the missile is secured to the launcher. Such a test is performed to determine the readiness of the missile ...

national test bed (NTB)

Military; Missile defense

OBSOLETE. A number of geographically separated simulation and test facilities that are linked through communications to simulate various portions of the ballistic missile defense (BMD) system for ...