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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technical surveillance

Military; Missile defense

Intelligence gathering methods in which clandestine listening, photographic or emanations gathering instruments are placed within SDS facilities, or otherwise targeted against SDS assets to gain ...

multiple phenomenology

Military; Missile defense

Observations of potential targets by means of different physical principles and different sensor systems. In the case of sensor systems, the use of multiple phenomenology makes it more difficult for ...

subject security level

Military; Missile defense

A subject's security level is equal to the security level of the objects to which it has both read and write access. A subject's security level must always be dominated by the clearance of the user ...

directed energy device

Military; Missile defense

A system using directed energy primarily for a purpose other than as a weapon. Directed energy devices may produce effects that could allow the device to be used as a weapon against certain threats, ...

maintenance operations

Military; Missile defense

The corrective and preventive maintenance operations that do not require a deployment decision; it includes correction and subsequent validation testing and the update of relevant status ...

acquisition management

Military; Missile defense

Management of all or any of the activities within the broad spectrum of “acquisition.” Also includes management of the training of the defense acquisition workforce, and management activities in ...

impulse intensity (II)

Military; Missile defense

Mechanical impulse per unit area. The System Internationale unit of impulse intensity is the pascal-second (abbreviated Pa-s). A conventionally used unit of impulse intensity is the "tap", which is ...