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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
discretionary judgment
Military; Missile defense
The authority given USCINCSPACE or his duly authorized representative to perform actions not covered by the ROE.
operational capability
Military; Missile defense
The measure of the results of the mission, given the condition of the system during the mission (dependability).
program change request
Military; Missile defense
Prepared in a prescribed format, it is a proposal for out-of-cycle changes to data recorded in the approved FYDP.
environmental security
Military; Missile defense
A specialized form of physical security that prevents technical penetration, e.g., penetration by waves of electron beams.
weapon engagement zone
Military; Missile defense
In air defense, airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility normally rests with a particular weapon system.
heavy replicas (HREPS)
Military; Missile defense
Decoys which by virtue of shape, size, and mass, closely approximate an RV’s signature. HREPS have significant off- load penalty.
out of band laser flux
Military; Missile defense
(Sensor) Laser energy directed at a sensor that is intended to damage or disrupt the sensor and is outside the sensor’s bandwidth.
