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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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CLEMENTINE
Military; Missile defense
A flight program to demonstrate lightweight spacecraft technologies.
shoot-back
Military; Missile defense
The technique of defending a space asset by shooting at an attacker.
ciphertext
Military; Missile defense
Unintelligible text or signals produced through the use of cipher systems.
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Military; Missile defense
The portion of the atmosphere from about 30 to 80 kilometers above the earth.
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