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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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Missile defense
singlet
Military; Missile defense
A space vehicle, such as a Brilliant Pebble, which contains only one intercept vehicle.
command
Military; Missile defense
For command-oriented functions, the authorization required to perform command operations.
on-line
Military; Missile defense
A unit that is operational, not dormant, but is not participating with on-going functions.
balloon
Military; Missile defense
A spherical inflatable decoy used as a penetration aid to mask the location of reentry vehicles.
passive
Military; Missile defense
In surveillance, an adjective applied to actions or equipment which emit no energy capable of being detected.
reclama
Military; Missile defense
A formal appeal to the service comptroller of SECDEF’s tentative budget decision on the service budget estimates.
azimuth
Military; Missile defense
Orientation of a vector projected onto a reference horizontal plane, relative to a reference direction in the plane.
