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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
biological weapon
Military; Missile defense
An item of material which projects, disperses, or disseminates a biological agent including arthropod vectors.
acquisition radar
Military; Missile defense
Radar that searches a spatial volume and identifies potential targets from the background and non-hostile objects.
interceptor track
Military; Missile defense
A function or ability of a sensor to accurately detail an interceptor’s position and velocity in three dimensions.
structured attack
Military; Missile defense
An attack in which the arrival of warheads on their diverse targets is precisely timed for maximum strategic impact.
responsive threat
Military; Missile defense
The threat after taking into account modernization and countermeasures introduced to offset the capabilities of the SDS.
hardware security
Military; Missile defense
Computer equipment features or devices used in an ADP system to preclude unauthorized access to data or system resources.
uv electro-optics
Military; Missile defense
Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the wavelength spectrum shorter than visible (e.g., less than 4,000 A).
