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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toxicity

Military; Missile defense

The kind and amount of poison or toxic produced by a microorganism, or possessed by a chemical substance not of biological origin.

negation

Military; Missile defense

RV destruction or other actions which prevent damage to the defended area from conventional, nuclear, chemical, or biological effects.

baseline

Military; Missile defense

Defined quantity or quality used as starting point for subsequent efforts and progress measurement. Can be a technical baseline or cost baseline.

spoofing

Military; Missile defense

Any technique by which sensitive information or commands may be substituted or stopped without the knowledge of the authorized personnel involved.

dazzling

Military; Missile defense

The temporary blinding of a sensor by overloading it with an intense signal of electromagnetic radiation (e.g., from a laser or a nuclear explosion).

hardness

Military; Missile defense

A property of a target; measured by the power needed per unit area to destroy the target. A hard target is more difficult to kill than a soft target.

sentinel

Military; Missile defense

ABM system designed for light area defense against a low level ballistic missile attack on the United States. Developed into the Safeguard system in late 1960's.