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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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Missile defense
Midcourse guidance
Military; Missile defense
The guidance applied to a missile between termination of the boost phase and the start of the terminal phase of flight.
Area of operations
Military; Missile defense
That portion of an area of war necessary for military operations and for the administration of such operations.
Methods engineering
Military; Missile defense
The technique that subjects each operation of a given piece of work to close analysis to eliminate every unnecessary element or operation and to approach the quickest and best method of performing ...
Configuration audit
Military; Missile defense
One of the Configuration Management tasks which includes a functional configuration audit (FCA) to validate that the development of a configuration item has been completed satisfactorily and that the ...
Penetration testing
Military; Missile defense
The portion of security testing in which the penetrators attempt to circumvent the security features of the system. The penetrators may be assumed to use all system design and implementation ...
Incremental funding
Military; Missile defense
The provision (or recording) of budgetary resources for a programme or project based on obligations estimated to be incurred within a fiscal year when such budgetary resources will cover only a ...
Software life cycle
Military; Missile defense
The period of time that begins when a software product is conceived and ends when the software is no longer available for use. The software life cycle typically includes a concept phase, requirements ...
