- Industry: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
- Number of blossaries: 0
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The systematic observation of airspace by electronic, visual or other means, primarily for the purpose of identifying and determining the movements of aircraft and missiles, friendly and enemy, in the airspace under observation.
Industry:Military
The systematic observation of aerospace, surface, or subsurface areas, places, persons, or things, by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means.
Industry:Military
The systematic instruction of individuals in subjects that will enhance their knowledge of the science and art of war.
Industry:Military
The systematic acquisition of information (through investigations, operations, or liaison) concerning espionage, sabotage, terrorism, other intelligence activities or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations, or foreign persons that are directed against or threaten Department of Defense interests.
Industry:Military
The susceptibility of vital instruments of national power to being seriously decreased or adversely changed by the application of actions within the capability of another nation to impose. Strategic vulnerability may pertain to political, geographic, economic, informational, scientific, sociological, or military factors.
Industry:Military
The study and investigations by a developing agency to determine the technical suitability of material, equipment, or a system for use in the Military Services.
Industry:Military
The steps and operations performed in converting encrypted messages into plain text without initial knowledge of the key employed in the encryption.
Industry:Military
The state’s ability to serve the citizens through the rules, processes, and behavior by which interests are articulated, resources are managed, and power is exercised in a society, including the representative participatory decision-making processes typically guaranteed under inclusive, constitutional authority.
Industry:Military
The senior or principal member or head of a staff, or the principal assistant in a staff capacity to a person in a command capacity; the head or controlling member of a staff, for purposes of the coordination of its work; a position that in itself is without inherent power of command by reason of assignment, except that which is invested in such a position by delegation to exercise command in another’s name.
Industry:Military
The science that deals with hidden, disguised, or encrypted communications. It includes communications security and communications intelligence.
Industry:Military
