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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defended asset list (DAL)

Military; Missile defense

A ranked listing of facilities, forces, and national political items that require protection from attack or hostile surveillance. The list is compiled from Federal departments and agencies, Unified ...

software test environment

Military; Missile defense

A set of automated tools, firmware devices, and hardware necessary to test software. The automated tools may include but are not limited to test tools such as simulation software, code analyzers, ...

free electron laser (FEL)

Military; Missile defense

A type of laser which generates radiation by the interaction of an electron beam with a static magnetic or electric field. Loosely speaking, free-electron laser technology resembles and evolved from ...

fully configured end item

Military; Missile defense

The final combination of end products, component parts, and/or materials which is fully ready for its intended operational use. Normally all production units are fully configured. Research and ...

traveling wave tube (TWT)

Military; Missile defense

An electronic tube in which a stream of electrons interact continuously or repeatedly with a guided electromagnetic wave moving substantially in synchronism with it, in such a way that there is a net ...

human systems integration

Military; Missile defense

The human considerations (human factors engineering, manpower, personnel, training, and safety and health hazards) that are integrated into the design effort for the defense system to improve total ...

combat information center

Military; Missile defense

The agency in a ship or aircraft manned and equipped to collect, display, evaluate, and disseminate tactical information for the use of the embarked flag officer, commanding officer, and certain ...