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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
decentralized control
Military; Missile defense
In air defense, the normal mode whereby a higher echelon monitors unit actions, making direct target assignments to units only when necessary to ensure proper fire distribution or to prevent ...
configuration control
Military; Missile defense
One of the Configuration Management tasks that involves the systematic evaluation, coordination, approval, or disapproval of proposed changes to the design and construction of a configuration item ...
requirements document
Military; Missile defense
A document that sets forth the requirements for a system or system component; for example, a software configuration item. Typically included are functional requirements, performance requirements, ...
implicit coordination
Military; Missile defense
Many independent battle managers (computers) use the same algorithms to derive a common calculated result. Decisions resulting from these calculations will be identical even though the calculated ...
mission need analysis
Military; Missile defense
Assesses alternatives in an operational context, identifying what force capabilities would be gained by pursuing any of a designated set of alternatives. Assesses the strengths and weaknesses of a ...
early user test (EUT)
Military; Missile defense
A test employing representative users to examine materiel concepts, training or logistics planning, or inter-operability issues. EUT can be accomplished during DEM/VAL on brassboard configurations, ...
expired appropriation
Military; Missile defense
An appropriation that is no longer available for new obligation but is still available for disbursement to liquidate existing obligations. Under current legislation no disbursement may be recorded or ...
