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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Missile defense

research and development costs

Military; Missile defense

Those program costs primarily associated with R&D efforts including the development of a new or improved capability to the point where it is ready for use. They include equipment costs funded under ...

ground-based interceptor (GBI)

Military; Missile defense

A long range, hit-to-kill, non-nuclear, exoatmospheric interceptor of reentry vehicles from strategic intercontinental ballistic missiles. The GBI is an element of the NMD weapons system, which is ...

federal acquisition regulation

Military; Missile defense

The primary regulation for use by federal executive agencies for acquisition of supplies and services with appropriated funds. It directs the defense program manager in many ways, including contract ...

information security (INFOSEC)

Military; Missile defense

Those measures and administrative procedures for identifying, controlling, and protecting against unauthorized disclosure of classified information or unclassified controlled information, which ...

battle damage assessment (BDA)

Military; Missile defense

The estimate of damage resulting from the application of military force against a predetermined objective. Battle damage assessments can be applied to the use of all types of weapons systems ...

concept of operations (CONOPS)

Military; Missile defense

A verbal or graphic statement, in broad outline, of a commander’s assumptions or intent in regard to an operation or series of operations. The concept of operations frequently is embodied in campaign ...

synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Military; Missile defense

A radar technique that processes echoes of signals emitted at different points along a satellite's orbit. The highest resolution achievable by such a system is theoretically equivalent to that of a ...