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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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electromagnetic field (EMF)
Military; Missile defense
An electric or magnetic field or combination of the two, as in an electromagnetic wave. Created by electric charges in motion, having both electric and magnetic components oriented at right angles to ...
antisatellite weapon (ASAT)
Military; Missile defense
A weapon designed to destroy satellites in space. The weapon may be launched from the ground, from an aircraft, or be based in space. The target may be destroyed by either a nuclear or conventional ...
mission area analysis (MAA)
Military; Missile defense
Continuous analysis of assigned mission responsibilities in the several mission areas to identify deficiencies in the current and projected capabilities to meet essential mission needs, and to ...
air defense operations area
Military; Missile defense
A geographic area defining the boundaries within which procedures are established to minimize interference between air defense and other operations. May include designation of one or more of the ...
national strategy selection
Military; Missile defense
The determination of (1) when it is in the national interest to activate and employ defense resources (i.e., the balance between responsiveness and crisis control), and (2) given an ...
electromagnetic pulse (EMP)
Military; Missile defense
The electromagnetic radiation from a nuclear explosion caused by Compton-recoil electrons and photoelectrons from photons scattered in the materials of the nuclear device or in a surrounding medium. ...
space surveillance (SPASUR)
Military; Missile defense
An operational space surveillance system with the mission to detect and determine the orbital elements of all man-made objects in orbit of the earth. The mission is accomplished by means of a ...
