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Operational necessity

Military; General military

A mission associated with war or peacetime operations in which the consequences of an action justify the risk of loss of aircraft and crew.

Theatre missile (TM)

Military; General military

A missile, which may be a ballistic missile, a cruise missile, or an air-to¬surface missile (not including short-range, non-nuclear, direct fire missiles, bombs, or rockets such as Maverick or ...

Antiradiation missile (ARM)

Military; General military

A missile which homes passively on a radiation source.

A missile with an engine requiring the intake of air for combustion of its fuel, as in a ramjet or turbojet. To be contrasted with the rocket missile, which carries its own oxidizer and can operate ...

Tactical minefield

Military; General military

A minefield that is employed to directly attack enemy manoeuvre as part of a formation obstacle plan and is laid to delay, channel, or break up an enemy advance, giving the defending element a ...

Technical architecture

Military; General military

A minimal set of rules governing the arrangement, interaction, and interdependence of the parts or elements whose purpose is to ensure that a conformant system satisfies a specified set of ...