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Transferable command authority that may be exercised by commanders at any echelon at or below the level of combatant command. Operational control is inherent in Combatant Command (command authority) and is the authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving authoritative direction necessary to accomplish missions assigned to the command. Operational control should be exercised through the commanders of subordinate organizations; normally this authority is exercised through the Service component commanders. Operational control normally provides full authority to organize commands and forces and to employ those forces as the commander in operational control considers necessary to accomplish assigned missions. Operational control does not, in and of itself, include authoritative direction for logistics or matters of administration, discipline, internal organization, or unit training.
Industry:Military
A missile that homes passively on a radiation source.
Industry:Military
Measures taken by the defense to defeat offensive countermeasures.
Industry:Military
An operational assessment conducted prior to, or in support of, Milestone II.
Industry:Military
A system using directed energy primarily as a direct means to damage or destroy enemy equipment, facilities, and personnel.
Industry:Military
Technologies/techniques employed by optical sensors in the wavelength spectrum slightly longer than visible but shorter than radio.
Industry:Military
The term used for Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) weapons developed to negate the ballistic missile threat in the late 60s and early 70s.
Industry:Military
Tests in which BM/C3 computer and communication test systems will be in communication with some of the hardware test facilities developed for other BMD technology programs.
Industry:Military
The coordination of the strategic defense system operations with unified/specified strategic offense commands to achieve overall U.S. and Allied strategic mission objectives.
Industry:Military
The individual designated in accordance with criteria established by the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology to approve entry of an acquisition program into the next phase.
Industry:Military
