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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 intercept zone
Military; Missile defense
That geographical division of the destruction area where surface-to-air missiles have primary responsibility for destruction of airborne objects.
combined doctrine
Military; Missile defense
Fundamental principals that guide the employment of forces for two or more nations in coordinated actions toward a common objective. It is ratified by participating nations.
specified command
Military; Missile defense
A command that has a broad continuing mission and that is established and so designated by the President through the Secretary of Defense with the advice and assistance of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
accidental launch
Military; Missile defense
An unintended launch which occurs without deliberate national design as a direct result of a random event, such as mechanical failure, a simple human error, or an unauthorized action by a ...
thermal radiation
Military; Missile defense
Electromagnetic radiation emitted (in two pulses from a nuclear air burst) from the fireball as a consequence of its very high temperature; it consists essentially of ultraviolet, visible, and ...
strategic defense
Military; Missile defense
All active and passive measures to detect, identify, assess, degrade and defeat ballistic missile, air, and space threats to North America, including measures to nullify or reduce the effectiveness ...
threshold defense
Military; Missile defense
A defense strategy that concedes that the target can be destroyed at a price that is not prohibitive, but the presence of the defense is thought to require the offense to mount a relatively large and ...
