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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
illumination
Military; Missile defense
Non-interfering impingement of electromagnetic energy on Red, Blue, or Gray satellites and Red ballistic missiles in test.
area defense
Military; Missile defense
Defense of a broad geographical area that contains both military and civilian assets (i.e., depots, towns/cities). (USSPACECOM)
weapons hold
Military; Missile defense
A weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired in self-defense or in response to a formal order.
weapons free
Military; Missile defense
A weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired at any target not positively recognized as friendly.
battle space
Military; Missile defense
A characterization of the BMD area of operation generally expressed by Tier (Boost, Post-Boost, Midcourse, and Terminal). (USSPACECOM)
antenna area
Military; Missile defense
The ratio of the power available at the terminals of an antenna to the incident power density of a plane wave from the direction polarized.
defense tier
Military; Missile defense
The arranging of a defensive system to correlate with the phases of a ballistic missile trajectory; i.e., boost, post-boost, midcourse, and terminal.
