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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Metrology

Military; Missile defense

The science of measurement, including the development of measurement standards and systems for absolute and relative measurement. Used to determine conformance to technical requirements including the ...

Obscurant

Military; Missile defense

A material (e.g., smoke or chaff) used to conceal an object from observation by a radio or optical sensor. Smoke may be used to conceal an object from observation by an optical sensor, and chaff may ...

Suppression

Military; Missile defense

Temporary or transient degradation of the performance of a weapons system, below the level needed to fulfil its mission objectives, by an opposing force.

Command net

Military; Missile defense

A communications network which connects an echelon of command with some or all of its subordinate echelons for the purpose of command control.

Fixed costs

Military; Missile defense

Costs that do not vary with the volume of business, such as property taxes, insurance, depreciation, security, and minimum water and utility fees.

Space mines

Military; Missile defense

Devices that can track and follow a target in orbit, with the capability of exploding on command or by pre-program to destroy the target.

Concurrency

Military; Missile defense

Part of an acquisition strategy which combines or overlaps two or more phases of the acquisition process, or combines development T&E with operational T&E.