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INTERCEPTION PHASE PROPULSION [1 record]

Record 1 2021-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Counter-Measures (Military operations)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

The new policy also stated that the [American] administration was seeking to stop enemy missiles before they got far off the ground — a step known as boost-phase interception, since the attack would happen while [the] missile's engines were still firing.

OBS

booster phase interception; BPI: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contre-mesures (Opérations militaires)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

interception en phase propulsive; BPI : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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