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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Brassboard configuration

Military; Missile defense

An experimental device (or group of devices) used to determine feasibility and to develop technical and operational data. It will normally be a model sufficiently hardened for use outside of ...

Outer space treaty of 1967

Military; Missile defense

A multilateral treaty signed and ratified by both the United States and the (former) Soviet Union. Article IV of the Outer Space Treaty forbids basing nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass ...

Half-value thickness (HVT)

Military; Missile defense

The thickness of a given material which will absorb half the gamma radiation incident upon it. This thickness is inversely proportional to its density and also depends on the energy of the gamma ...

Command and control system

Military; Missile defense

The facilities, equipment, communications, procedures, and personnel essential to a commander for planning, directing, and controlling operations of assigned forces pursuant to the missions assigned.

Launch point determination

Military; Missile defense

With computer methods, uses missile track observation to estimate the point on the earth's surface from which the missile was launched, expressed in terms of circular error probable.

Control and reporting post

Military; Missile defense

An element of the US Air Force tactical air control system, subordinate to the control and reporting center, that provides radar control and surveillance within its area of responsibility.

Pulse repetition frequency

Military; Missile defense

In radar, the number of pulses the occur each second. Not to be confused with transmission frequency which is determined by the rate at which cycles are repeated within the transmitted pulse.