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

strategic level of war

Military; Missile defense

The level of war at which a nation or group of nations determines national or alliance security objectives and develops and uses national resources to accomplish those objectives.

area of interest (AOI)

Military; Missile defense

The area of influence and surrounding areas that are of concern to the commander for the objective of current and planned operations. This may include areas occupied by enemy forces.

time sensitive targets

Military; Missile defense

Those targets requiring immediate response because they pose (or will soon pose) a clear and present danger to friendly forces or are highly lucrative, fleeting targets of opportunity.

specification language

Military; Missile defense

A language, often a machine-processable combination of natural and formal language, used to specify the requirements, design, behavior, or other characteristics of a system or system component.

shoot-look-shoot (SLS)

Military; Missile defense

A tactic used to achieve Defense Engagement Options (DEOs), such as assured kill by shooting at the target, looking to see if it was killed, and shooting again, if necessary, to achieve the kill.

active homing guidance

Military; Missile defense

Guidance system in which both the source for illuminating the target, and the receiver for detecting the illuminating energy reflected from the target are carried within the missile. (See Guidance.)

ephemeris/ephemerides

Military; Missile defense

1. A table showing the positions of an object in space at regular intervals of time. 2. A publication giving the computed places of the celestial bodies for each day of the year or for other regular ...