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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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prograde orbit
Military; Missile defense
An orbit having an inclination of between 0° and 90° with the object moving in an easterly direction. (See Retrograde Orbit.)
launch azimuth
Military; Missile defense
Missile launch location measured in degrees clockwise from the local north-pointing longitude line at the launch site. (USSPACECOM)
security level
Military; Missile defense
The combination of hierarchical classification and a set of non-hierarchical categories that represents the sensitivity of information.
bistatic radar
Military; Missile defense
A radar system that has transmitters and receivers stationed at two geographically separate locations; a special case of multistatic radar.
pulse duration
Military; Missile defense
In radar, measurement of pulse transmission time in microseconds, that is, the time the radar’s transmitter is energized during each cycle.
limited attack
Military; Missile defense
An attack on the U.S. and its allies which provides a stressing timeline, and is geographically distinct. Not an all-out attack or mass wave.
traverse level
Military; Missile defense
That vertical displacement above low-level air defense systems, expressed both as a height and altitude, at which aircraft can cross the area.
