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• (1) The employment of limited offensive action and counterattacks to deny a contested area or position to the enemy. Also Passive Defense. (2) In-flight intercept and destruction of ballistic missiles and negation of their warheads.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Active Defense. (n.d.). MDA Glossary. Retrieved March 25, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/active-defense.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Active Defense. www.mda.mil. MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/active-defense (accessed: March 25, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Active Defense." MDA Glossary. DoD Missile Defense Agency. 25 March. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/active-defense.

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