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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structured program

Military; Missile defense

A program constructed of a basic set of control structures, each one having one entry point and one exit. The set of control structures typically includes: sequence of two or more instructions, ...

preproduction test

Military; Missile defense

This is a test of design-qualified hardware that is produced using production tooling and processes which will be used to produce the operational hardware. No production hardware should be accepted ...

limited production

Military; Missile defense

The initial production of a system in limited quantity. Part of an acquisition strategy to be used in test and evaluation for verification of design maturity, manufacturing process final proofing, ...

space-based sensor

Military; Missile defense

A system that provides global above-the-horizon surveillance to detect and track PBVs, object clusters (RVs and penaids), and resolved midcourse objects, as well as belowthe- horizon tasked hot spot ...

engagement control

Military; Missile defense

1. That set of coordination, assessment, decision, and direction functions normally implemented automatically to execute the selected battle plan, military strategy and tactics within partitioned ...