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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global environment (GE)

Military; Missile defense

The ISTC Global Environment is responsible for the creation, propagation, and maintenance of test scenario common knowledge, how subsets of this information will be determined, and how common ...

adaptive optics (ADOPT)

Military; Missile defense

Optical systems which can be modified (e.g., by controlling the shape of a mirror) to compensate for distortions. An example is the use of information from a beam of light passing through the ...

aegis

Military; Missile defense

The Navy's advanced, fast reaction, high firepower, shipboard anti-air warfare area defense system (Greek word for "shield").

block

Military; Missile defense

(Communication) This term is used to designate a portion of a multi-message packet which is dedicated to a message contained within the packet.

clump

Military; Missile defense

Two or more objects that give rise to a single observation, e.g., an extended object consisting of at least two unresolved closely spaced objects.

arrow

Military; Missile defense

A technology demonstration program started in 1988 and designed to meet Israeli architecture requirements for area defense of population centers against TBMs.

Saint

Military; Missile defense

A satellite inspector system designed to demonstrate the feasibility of intercepting, inspecting, and reporting on the characteristics of satellites in orbit.