Missile defense

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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probability of discrimination

Military; Missile defense

This is the probability that an object which is threatening will be correctly identified. The ability to discriminate between a potential target and a decoy is quantified by a “K” factor, in which ...

information architecture (IA)

Military; Missile defense

A description of the information that is needed to support command and control decision making and battle management, where it comes from, the processing that must be performed to provide it, and the ...

memorandum of agreement (MOA)

Military; Missile defense

1. In contract administration, an agreement between a program manager and a Contract Administration Office, establishing the scope of responsibility of the Contract Administration Office with respect ...

preferential defense strategy

Military; Missile defense

A tactic used as part of the SDS strategy to optimize the use of weapons and sensors by selecting high value targets for engagement by the defense while temporarily allowing less important targets to ...

non- developmental item (NDI)

Military; Missile defense

1. Any item of supply that is available in the commercial marketplace; or 2. Any previously developed item of supply that is in use by a department or agency of the United States, a state or local ...