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

aerospace defense (AD)

Military; Missile defense

1. All defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft, missiles, and space vehicles after they leave the Earth’s surface, or to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attacks. ...

combat service support

Military; Missile defense

The essential logistic functions, activities, and tasks necessary to sustain all elements of an operating force in an area of operations. Combat service support includes administrative services, ...

multi-service doctrine

Military; Missile defense

Fundamental principals that guide the employment of forces of two or more Services in coordinated action toward a common objective. It is ratified by two or more Services, and is promulgated in ...

bottom-up review (BUR)

Military; Missile defense

A comprehensive review, initiated in March 1993, of the nation’s defense strategy, force structure, modernization, infrastructure, and foundations. The BUR examined U.S. missile defense requirements ...

software documentation

Military; Missile defense

Technical data or information, including computer listings and printouts, in humanreadable form, that describe or specify the design or details, explain the capabilities, or provide operating ...

configuration baseline

Military; Missile defense

The configuration documentation formally designated by the Government at a specific time during a system’s or configuration item’s life cycle. Configuration baselines, plus approved changes from ...

concurrent engineering

Military; Missile defense

A systematic approach to the integrated, simultaneous design of products and their related processes, including manufacture and support. This approach is intended to cause developers, from the ...