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MISSILE ENGAGEMENT [13 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2022-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Air Defence
DEF

In air defense, that airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility for engagement of air threats normally rests with low- to medium-altitude surface-to-air missiles.

OBS

low-altitude missile engagement zone; low missile engagement zone; LOMEZ : designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Défense aérienne
OBS

zone d'engagement des missiles à basse altitude; LOMEZ : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

In air and missile defense, that airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility for engagement of air and missile threats normally rests with high-altitude surface-to-air missiles.

OBS

high-altitude missile engagement zone; HIMEZ; high missile engagement zone; HIMEZ : designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

zone d'engagement des missiles à haute altitude; HIMEZ : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2019-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Defence
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

missile engagement zone; MEZ : designations standardized by NATO and officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Défense aérienne
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

zone d'engagement des missiles; MEZ : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

zone d'engagement de missiles; ZEM : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

HMCS Ottawa achieved another milestone after successfully completing a layered missile engagement against a Hammerhead target while deployed on Poseidon Cutlass 17-1.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The Seasparrow ship-launched point defence missile system, including the Nato Seasparrow for which Raytheon was the prime contractor, has been evolving over the years with various automatic and semi-automatic combat systems and has been adapted for vertical launching; this has the advantages of quick launch, reduced topside space and fast engagement of sea skimmers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

Le système naval de défense ponctuelle Seasparrow (en particulier le Nato Seasparrow dont Raytheon était maître d'œuvre) a évolué au fil du temps pour donner naissance à plusieurs systèmes de combat semi-automatiques ou automatiques et il a été adapté au lancement vertical.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The Seasparrow ship-launched point defence missile system, including the Nato Seasparrow for which Raytheon was the prime contractor, has been evolving over the years with various automatic and semi-automatic combat systems and has been adapted for vertical launching; this has the advantages of quick launch, reduced topside space and fast engagement of sea skimmers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

Le système naval de défense ponctuelle Seasparrow (en particulier le Nato Seasparrow dont Raytheon était maître d'œuvre) a évolué au fil du temps pour donner naissance à plusieurs systèmes de combat semi-automatiques ou automatiques et il a été adapté au lancement vertical.

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Target Acquisition
DEF

A rearward facing radar which allows fire-control for "over-the-shoulder" radar-guided air-to-air missile engagement.

OBS

over-the-shoulder radar: term to be used by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • over the shoulder radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Acquisition d'objectif
DEF

Radar orienté vers l'arrière permettant le contrôle du tir au cours d'un engagement par missile radar de queue air-air.

OBS

radar de queue : terme d'usage obligatoire au ministère de la Défense nationale et dans les Forces canadiennes.

Key term(s)
  • over the shoulder radar

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Infantry
CONT

Flank Engagement. The Javelin [surface-attack guided missile] should be deployed to engage enemy vehicles from the flank [and] the gunner should seek to engage with flank shots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Infanterie

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

One of the two major components of the Javelin Antitank Missile. The unit using a simple latching mechanism to attach to the projectile, incorporates an integrated day/night sight and provides target engagement capability in adverse weather and in the presence of countermeasures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

L'une des deux principales composantes du missile antichar Javelin. Le dispositif, doté d'un mécanisme simple d'attache au projectile, comprend une unité de visée diurne et nocturne, capable d'engager un objectif dans des conditions météorologiques défavorables et en présence de contre-mesures.

OBS

dispositif de commandement et de lancement; DCL : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The Seasparrow ship-launched point defence missile system, including the Nato Seasparrow for which Raytheon was the prime contractor, has been evolving over the years with various automatic and semi-automatic combat systems and has been adapted for vertical launching; this has the advantages of quick launch, reduced topside space and fast engagement of sea skimmers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

Ce type de lancement a plusieurs avantages: rapidité du tir, encombrement sur le pont réduit et réaction rapide contre les missiles anti-navires à vol rasant.

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

The Seasparrow ship-launched point defence missile system, including the Nato Seasparrow for which Raytheon was the prime contractor, has been evolving over the years with various automatic and semi-automatic combat systems and has been adapted for vertical launching; this has the advantages of quick launch, reduced topside space and fast engagement of sea skimmers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

Ce type de lancement a plusieurs avantages: rapidité du tir, encombrement sur le pont réduit et réaction rapide contre les missiles anti-navires à vol rasant.

Spanish

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Record 12 1996-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Propulsion of Water-Craft
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Combat Systems (Naval Forces)
CONT

By 1998 a Saab missile engagement planning system with graphic man-machine interface and decision-making support will be available with the RBS 15 Mk 3.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Propulsion des bateaux
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Systèmes de combat (Forces navales)
CONT

Saab Missiles étudie par ailleurs pour la version Mk 3 un système de planification de l'engagement missile avec interface graphique et aide à la décision qui sera disponible en 1998.

Spanish

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Record 13 1990-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

The point during an engagement when the distances from the operator to the missile and the operator to the target are the same.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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