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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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space power
Military; Missile defense
Generation and control of electrical energy in space, from various originating sources (e.g., nuclear, chemical, solar).
selectivity
Military; Missile defense
Refers to choosing a subset of targets either for attack or defense. (See Preferential Defense and Preferential Offense.)
boost phase
Military; Missile defense
That portion of the flight of a ballistic missile or space vehicle during which the booster and sustainer engines operate.
collocation
Military; Missile defense
The physical placement of two or more detachments, units, organizations, or facilities at a specifically defined location.
ground zero
Military; Missile defense
The point on the surface of the earth at, or vertically below or above, the center of a planned or actual nuclear detonation.
focal plane
Military; Missile defense
The plane, perpendicular to the optical axis of the lens, in which images of points in the object field of the lens are focused.
air defense
Military; Missile defense
All measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action. See also active air defense, passive air defense.
