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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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optical processing
Military; Missile defense
A type of analog processing in which the behavior of light beams, passed through optical systems, is used in problem solving.
thermal management
Military; Missile defense
Technologies/techniques associated with the control and management of thermal energy, its generation, dissipation, and recovery.
deployment testing
Military; Missile defense
The testing and/or simulation of system assets in the physical and operational environment in which they are expected to perform.
particle beam (PB)
Military; Missile defense
High energy beam made up of atomic/sub-atomic particles (electrons, protons, or neutrons) accelerated to near the speed of light.
battle integration
Military; Missile defense
Preplanning processes and/or real-time coordination that occurs to minimize resource wastage between battle tiers or battle partitions.
tank fragmentation
Military; Missile defense
The breakup of a tank, either intentionally to serve as a penaid or naturally as a result of aerodynamic loads and heating upon reentry.
design constraints
Military; Missile defense
Boundary conditions within which the developer must remain while allocating performance requirements and/or synthesizing system elements.
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