Missile defense

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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obligation authority

Military; Missile defense

1. A congressional authorization to procure goods and services within a specified amount by appropriation or other authorization. 2. The administrative extension of such authority, as by ...

photoelectric effect

Military; Missile defense

The process whereby a gamma ray (or x-ray photon) with energy somewhat greater than that of the binding energy of an electron in an atom, transfers all its energy to the electron which is ...

directed energy (DE)

Military; Missile defense

1. Energy in the form of atomic particles, pellets, or focused electromagnetic beams that can be sent long distances at, or nearly at, the speed of light. 2. An umbrella term covering technologies ...

frequency management

Military; Missile defense

The act of allocating frequencies, or bandwidths to a telecommunications system, necessary to minimize the potential interference between transmitting/receiving devices. Approval of authorized use of ...

producibility review

Military; Missile defense

A feasibility review of the design of a specific hardware item or system to determine the relative ease of producing it using available production technology considering the elements of fabrication, ...

bus deployment phase

Military; Missile defense

That portion of a missile flight during which multiple warheads are deployed on different paths to different targets (also referred to as the post-boost phase). The warheads on a single missile are ...

software engineering

Military; Missile defense

1. A discipline whose objectives are to define, create, and apply a well-defined methodology that addresses a software life cycle of planning, development, and maintenance. 2. The application of a ...