- Industry: Government; Military
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Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the wavelength spectrum slightly longer than visible but shorter than radio.
Industry:Military
The set of requirements that should be met so the security system can provide a maximum degree of effective deterrence at the lowest cost.
Industry:Military
The means used to control the orderly communication of information between stations on a data link. Also called line discipline. (See Protocol.)
Industry:Military
The sequential steps of element deployments leading to a designated system capability that is realizable with fiscal and technological constraints.
Industry:Military
1. The warhead, its container, and activating devices in a military missile. 2. The satellite or research vehicle of a space probe or research missile.
Industry:Military
A warning to national policymakers that an adversary is not only preparing its armed forces for war, but intends to launch an attack in the near future.
Industry:Military
The capability of military forces for effective reaction to any enemy threat or attack with actions appropriate and adaptable to the circumstances existing.
Industry:Military
A study of the applicability or desirability of any management or procedural system from the standpoint of advantages versus disadvantages in any given case.
Industry:Military
A highly valued or costly satellite, as distinct from an inexpensive decoy satellite. Some decoys might be so expensive as to be considered capital satellites.
Industry:Military
A geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations by maneuver or fire support systems normally under his command or control.
Industry:Military
