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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
acquisition logistics
Military; Missile defense
Process of systematically identifying and assessing logistics alternatives, analyzing and resolving logistics deficiencies, and managing integrated logistics support throughout the acquisition ...
system design concept
Military; Missile defense
An idea expressed in terms of general performance, capabilities, and characteristics of hardware and software oriented either to operate or to be operated as an integral whole in meeting a mission ...
weapon system control
Military; Missile defense
That set of assessment, decision, and direction functions normally implemented automatically to assure that individual weapons are pointed, fired, and guided as necessary to intercept the designated ...
request for quotation
Military; Missile defense
A solicitation used in negotiated acquisition to communicate government requirements to prospective contractors and to solicit a quotation. A response to an RFQ is not an offer. It is informational ...
covert timing channel
Military; Missile defense
A covert channel in which one process signals information to another by modulating its own use of system resources in such a way that this manipulation affects the real response time observed by the ...
security architecture
Military; Missile defense
The portion of the baseline SDS architecture that is responsible for preserving the confidentiality, integrity, and assured service of any of the sensitive, system-valued functions and information ...
operational readiness
Military; Missile defense
The capability of a unit/formation, ship, weapon system or equipment to perform the missions or functions for which it is organized or designed. May be used in a general sense or to express a level ...
