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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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unconventional warfare
Military; Missile defense
A broad spectrum of military and paramilitary operations conducted in enemy-held, enemy-controlled or politically sensitive territory. Unconventional warfare includes, but is not limited to, the ...
general specifications
Military; Missile defense
A general specification covers requirements common to two or more types, classes, grades, or styles of products, services or materials; this avoids the repetition of common requirements in detail ...
packet switching (PSW)
Military; Missile defense
A data transmission process, utilizing addressed packets, whereby a channel is occupied only for the duration of transmission of the packet. In certain data communication networks the data may be ...
critical security risk
Military; Missile defense
The existence of a security vulnerability that, if exploited by an adversary, could cause exceptionally grave damage to the viability of the BMD or the operational effectiveness of the SDS. Critical ...
battle management (BM)
Military; Missile defense
Battle management is comprised of two parts: (1) strategies and (2) the collection of tasks to be performed to successfully implement chosen strategies. Given a set of strategies, resources, and ...
coordinating authority
Military; Missile defense
A commander or individual assigned responsibility for coordinating specific functions of activities involving forces of two or more Services or two or more forces of the same Service. The commander ...
combat assessment (CA)
Military; Missile defense
The determination of the overall effectiveness of force employment during military operations. Combat assessment is composed of three major components: a) battle damage assessment, b) munitions ...
