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U.S. Department of Defence
Sektör: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
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An imaginary straight line from gun to target.
Industry:Military
An image enhancement technique that compares two images of the same area from different time periods. Identical picture elements are eliminated, leaving signatures that have undergone change.
Industry:Military
An illegal act of violence, depredation (e.g., plundering, robbing, or pillaging), or detention in or over international waters committed for private ends by the crew or passengers of a private ship or aircraft against another ship or aircraft or against persons or property on board such ship or aircraft.
Industry:Military
An explosive or pyrotechnic component that initiates an explosive, burning, electrical, or mechanical train and is activated by the application of electrical energy.
Industry:Military
An explosion of a nuclear weapon at a height less than the maximum radius of its fireball, but low enough to facilitate cratering and/or the propagation of a shock wave into the ground.
Industry:Military
An exercise involving, either completely or in part, the implementation of mobilization plans.
Industry:Military
An exercise in which the forces are simulated, involving the commander, the staff, and communications within and between headquarters.
Industry:Military
An exercise in which actual forces are used to train commanders, staffs, and individual units in basic, intermediate, and advanced-level warfare skills.
Industry:Military
An exercise containing one or more non-US participating force(s).
Industry:Military
An examination of potential targets to determine military importance, priority of attack, and weapons required to obtain a desired level of damage or casualties.
Industry:Military