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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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enclave
Military; Missile defense
Isolated resource - an SDS asset which has lost connectivity with other SDS assets with which it normally has connectivity, but is still capable of coordinating with SDS assets to conduct ballistic ...
cluster
Military; Missile defense
1. A total collection of objects each of which is within some metric distance of at least one other object in the collection. 2. A total collection of objects each of whose image on the focal plane ...
diameter
Military; Missile defense
(Optics) The unit of measure of the light gathering power of a lens.
fix site
Military; Missile defense
Firing-in-Extension (Target Launch site in White Sands Missile Range Northern Extension).
end item
Military; Missile defense
The final production product when assembled, or completed, and ready for issue/deployment.
tracking
Military; Missile defense
The act of generating and maintaining a time history of an object's position and any other features of interest.
handover
Military; Missile defense
This occurs when information is passed on to another sensor or system in which the first does not continue to track.
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