Tactical Air DoctrineFundamental principles designed to provide guidance for the employment of air power in tactical air operations to attain established objectives.
Tactical Air OperationAn air operation involving the employment of air power in coordination with ground or naval forces.
Tactical Air Operations CenterA subordinate operational component of the Marine Air Command and Control System designed for direction and control of all en route air traffic and air…
Tactical Air SupportAir operations carried out in coordination with surface forces and which directly assist land or maritime operations.
Tactical Area of Responsibility (TAOR)A defined area of land for which responsibility is specifically assigned to the commander of the area as a measure for control of assigned forces and…
Tactical Ballistic Missile (TBM)A land-based missile generally having a range of <3000 miles that can be employed within a continental theater of operations.
Tactical ConceptA statement, in broad outline, which provides a common basis for future development of tactical doctrine.
Tactical ControlThe detailed and, usually, local direction and control of movements or maneuvers necessary to accomplish missions or tasks assigned.
Tactical Data Information linkA netted link in which one unit acts as a net control station and interrogates each unit by roll call.
Tactical Level of WarThe level of war at which battles and engagements are planned and executed to accomplish military objectives assigned to tactical units or task forces.
Tactical Operations Area (TOA)That area between the fire support coordination line and the rear operations area where maximum flexibility in the use of airspace is needed to assure…
Tactical Operations Center (TOC)A physical grouping of those elements of an Army general and special staff concerned with the current tactical operations and the tactical support thereof.
Tactical Warning (TW)(1) A warning after initiation of a threatening or hostile act based on an evaluation of information from all available sources.
TALON SHIELDAn effort using stereo DSP processing to provide ballistic missile burnout vector and impact prediction for interceptor cueing, counterforce tasking, and…
Tank FragmentationThe breakup of a tank, either intentionally to serve as a penaid or naturally as a result of aerodynamic loads and heating upon reentry. 291
TargetIn diagnostic tests, the molecule or nucleic acid sequence assayed in a sample.
Target AcquisitionThe detection and initiation of track on a target in the surveillance coverage region of a sensing system.
Target Classification and TypeIdentification of the estimated target category based on surveillance, discrimination, and intelligence data.
Target DiscriminationThe ability of a surveillance or guidance system to identify or engage any one target when multiple targets are present.
Target Object Map (TOM)A data set, which contains three-dimensional position, estimates for target and other objects predicted to be in a weapon interceptor's field of view for…
Target ResolutionThe splitting of a single target into two or more targets.
Target Signature(1) The characteristic pattern of a target displayed by detection and identification equipment.
Target System Requirements Document (TSRD)BMD Program level program management document. Developed by each BMD Program Office, it outlines to MDA/TC and MDA/TE what the POs target requirements are…
TasksThe required actions to accomplish all or part of a COA. Tasks contain guidance to the Battle Management/Command, Control and Communications (BM/C 3 )…