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

formal qualification review

Military; Missile defense

A systems level configuration audit conducted after system testing is completed to ensure that performance requirements have been met.

selective, adaptive defense

Military; Missile defense

Selective, adaptive defense assigns interceptors to RVs based upon defended asset values, the number of arriving RVs and time to impact.

block check character (BCC)

Military; Missile defense

The result of a transmission verification algorithm accumulated over a transmission block, and normally appended at the end, e.g., CRC, LRC.

space forecast center (SFC)

Military; Missile defense

Center at Falcon AFB, CO that supplies solar and space environmental warnings, analyses, and forecasts to USSPACECOM, NORAD, and DoD customers.

semi-active homing guidance

Military; Missile defense

A system of homing guidance wherein the receiver in a missile utilizes radiations from a target which has been illuminated by an outside source.

joint force commander (JFC)

Military; Missile defense

A general term applied to a commander authorized to exercise combatant command (command authority) or operational control over a joint force. Also called JFC.

emanations security (emsec)

Military; Missile defense

The protection that results from all measures designed to deny unauthorized persons information of value that might be derived from intercept and analysis of compromising emanations.