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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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decommissioning
Military; Missile defense
The removal or the rendering useless of obsolete or no longer needed components of the BMD system from service.
system families
Military; Missile defense
A collection or grouping of interrelated software systems in the domain that share a set of common characteristics.
optical coating
Military; Missile defense
Layers of materials that alter/protect the physical/electronic properties of the material to which they are applied.
thermal imagery
Military; Missile defense
Imagery produced by sensing and recording the thermal energy emitted or reflected from the objects which are imaged.
forward funding
Military; Missile defense
Carry-over of RDT&E funding into second year of appropriations availability. Requires permission from high authority.
multilateration
Military; Missile defense
A type of multistatic radar usually employing one transmitter and several receivers for target detection and tracking.
smart munitions
Military; Missile defense
Munitions that “think for themselves” and have the self-contained ability to search, detect, acquire and engage targets.
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