- Industry: Government; Military
- Number of terms: 79318
- Number of blossaries: 0
- Company Profile:
A missile with an engine requiring the intake of air for combustion of its fuel, as in a ramjet or turbojet. To be contrasted with the rocket missile, which carries its own oxidizer and can operate beyond the atmosphere.
Industry:Military
A minefield that is employed to directly attack enemy maneuver as part of a formation obstacle plan and is laid to delay, channel, or break up an enemy advance, giving the defending element a positional advantage over the attacker.
Industry:Military
A minimal set of rules governing the arrangement, interaction, and interdependence of the parts or elements whose purpose is to ensure that a conformant system satisfies a specified set of requirements.
Industry:Military
A minefield laid to delay and disorganize the enemy and to hinder the use of an area or route.
Industry:Military
A mine, hydrostatically controlled, which maintains a pre-set depth below the surface of the water independently of the rise and fall of the tide.
Industry:Military
A loading method that gives primary consideration to achieving maximum utilization of troop and cargo space without regard to tactical considerations. Equipment and supplies must be unloaded and sorted before they can be used.
Industry:Military
A mine fabricated from available materials at or near its point of use.
Industry:Military
