- Industry: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
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The reduction of a military establishment to some level set by international agreement.
Industry:Military
The radiation, essentially neutrons and gamma rays, resulting from a nuclear burst and emitted from the fireball within one minute after burst.
Industry:Military
The range of frequencies of electromagnetic radiation from zero to infinity. It is divided into 26 alphabetically designated bands.
Industry:Military
The quantities of latitude and longitude which define the position of a point on the surface of the Earth with respect to the reference spheroid.
Industry:Military
The psychological, cultural, behavioral, and other human attributes that influence decision-making, the flow of information, and the interpretation of information by individuals or groups.
Industry:Military
The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations. The term is also applied to the activity which results in the product and to the organizations engaged in such activity.
Industry:Military
The process of making any person, object, or area safe by absorbing, destroying, neutralizing, making harmless, or removing chemical or biological agents, or by removing radioactive material clinging to or around it.
Industry:Military
The process of identifying, assessing, and controlling risks arising from operational factors and making decisions that balance risk cost with mission benefits.
Industry:Military
The process by which the direction of a wave is changed when moving into shallow water at an angle to the bathymetric contours. The crest of the wave advancing in shallower water moves more slowly than the crest still advancing in deeper water, causing the wave crest to bend toward alignment with the underwater contours.
Industry:Military
The process by which the Department of Defense achieves the closest practicable cooperation among the Services and Department of Defense agencies for the most efficient use of research, development, and production resources, and agrees to adopt on the broadest possible basis the use of: a. Common or compatible operational, administrative, and logistic procedures; b. Common or compatible technical procedures and criteria; c. Common, compatible, or interchangeable supplies, components, weapons, or equipment; and d. Common or compatible tactical doctrine with corresponding organizational compatibility.
Industry:Military
