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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organic

Military; Missile defense

Assigned to and forming an essential part of a military organization. Organic parts of a unit are those listed in its table of organization for the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and are assigned ...

regrade

Military; Missile defense

To determine that certain classified information requires, in the interests of national security, a higher or lower degree of protection against unauthorized disclosure than currently provided, ...

acquire

Military; Missile defense

1. When applied to acquisition radars, to detect the presence and location of a target in sufficient detail to permit identification. 2. When applied to tracking radars, to position a radar beam so ...

jammers

Military; Missile defense

Radio transmitters accompanying attacking RVs and tuned to broadcast at the same frequency as a defensive radar. The broadcasts add "noise" to the signals reflected from the RVs and received by the ...

excimer

Military; Missile defense

A contraction for "excited dimer"; a type of lasant. A dimer is a molecule consisting of two atoms. Some dimers (e.g., xenon chloride and krypton fluoride) are molecules which cannot exist under ...

mission

Military; Missile defense

1. The task, together with the purpose, which clearly indicates the action to be taken and the reason therefor. 2. In common usage, especially when applied to lower military units, a duty assigned to ...

project

Military; Missile defense

1. Synonymous with program in general usage. 2. Specifically, a planned undertaking having a finite beginning and ending, involving definition, development, production, and logistics support of a ...