Defense terms starting with W

112 terms

1. W West
2. w/o Without.
3. W/TD Warning/Threat Detection.
4. WAA Warm Air Advection - the advection (movement) of warm air into a region.
5. WALEX Warfare Analysis Laboratory Exercise.
6. WAM (1) Worldwide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS). (2) Wide Area Munition . (3) Wide Area Mine. (4) Wide Area Missile.
7. WAN Wide Area Network (Telecomm/Computer term).
8. WAP Wide Azimuth Probe.
9. War Game A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an…
10. Wargame A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an…
11. Wargame 2000 Title of MDA program for development of a state-of-the-art simulation tool at the JNTF for use in CONOPS validation, missile defense program design…
12. Warhead A weapon, usually thermonuclear, contained as the payload of a missile.
13. Warhead Mating The act of attaching a warhead section to a rocket or missile body, torpedo, airframe, motor, or guidance section.
14. Warhead Section A completely assembled warhead including appropriate skin sections and related components.
15. WARM Wartime Reserve Modes.
16. Warning of Attack A warning to national policymakers that an adversary is not only preparing its armed forces for war, but intends to launch an attack in the near future.
17. Warning Order A preliminary notice of an order or action that is to follow.
18. WARSIM Warfighter Simulation (US Army term).
19. WARSIM 2000 Warfighter Simulation 2000 (US Army term).
20. Wartime Reserve Modes (WARM) Characteristics and operating procedures of sensor, communications, navigation aids, threat recognition, weapons, and countermeasures systems that (1)…
21. WAS Wide Area Sensor.
22. WASHDC Washington, District of Columbia.
23. WASP Wide-body Airborne Surveillance Platform. A modified DC-10. 320
24. Wastage (Max) The maximum number of defense weapons which, when used, will be ineffective in contributing to the defeat of the offense.
25. Watch Condition (WATCHCON) Series of readiness conditions used by the intelligence community to alert staffs to watchfulness without raising DEFCON.
26. WATS Wide Area Telephone System.
27. WAVE Wideband Angular Vibration Experiment.
28. Wavelength The distance between one peak or crest of a wave (of light, heat, or other energy) and the next corresponding peak or crest.
29. WB Wideband.
30. WBM Weapons Battle Manager(s).
31. WBS See Work Breakdown Structure.
32. WCC (1) See Wing Control Center. (2) Weapons Control Computer.
33. WCG Workstation Computer Graphics (Computer term).
34. WCP (1) Weapon Control Processor. (2) Weapon Control Platform.
35. WCS Weapons Control System.
36. WDM Wavelength Division Multiplexon .
37. Weapon Enabling The set of control functions without which defense weapons cannot be launched.
38. Weapon Engagement Zone In air defense, airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility normally rests with a particular weapon system.
39. Weapon System Control That set of assessment, decision, and direction functions normally implemented automatically to assure that individual weapons are pointed, fired, and…
40. Weapon Target Assignment (WTA) The assignment of an interceptor to a particular threat object. In Midcourse, a WTA requires in-flight communication between the Battle Manager and an…
41. Weapons Allocation Designation of a certain weapon to attack a certain threat after Engagement Authorization is given.
42. Weapons Assignment In air defense, the process by which weapons are assigned to individual air weapons controllers for use in accomplishing an assigned mission.
43. Weapons Commitment Authorization to allocate certain weapons to designated targets thus permitting checklist actions to be taken.
44. Weapons Control The varying degree of formal control an area air defense commander exercises over all air defense weapons in his area of responsibility.
45. Weapons Enablement Authorization to place a weapon into its most ready state but prior to release.
46. Weapons Free A weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired at any target not positively recognized as friendly. 321
47. Weapons Hold A weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired in self-defense or in response to a formal order.
48. Weapons Initiation State when a weapon system is to be placed in the highest state of readiness shy of weapon allocation.
49. Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) In arms control usage, weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people.
50. Weapons Readiness State The degree of readiness of air defense weapons which can become airborne or be launched to carry out an assigned task.
51. Weapons Release Authority (WRA) The order that gives weapon controllers the authority to fire. (USSPACECOM)
52. Weapons System Items that can be used directly by the armed forces to carry out combat missions and that cost more than $100,000 or for which the eventual total…
53. Weapons System Employment Concept A description in broad terms, based on established outline characteristics, of the application of a particular equipment or weapon system within the…
54. Weapons Tight A weapon control order imposing a status whereby weapons systems may be fired only at targets recognized as hostile.
55. Western Test Range (WTR) Beginning at Vandenberg AFB, CA, this range stretches halfway around the globe where it meets the Eastern Test Range.
56. WESTPAC Western Pacific.
57. WEU Western European Union
58. WEZ Weapon Engagement Zone.
59. WFF Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.
60. WFOV Wide Field of View.
61. WFX Warfighter Exercise. 322
62. WG Working Group.
63. WGET Working Group on Encryption and Telecommunications.
64. WH White House.
65. WHDEVAL Warhead Evaluation.
66. WILTEL Williams Telecommunications Group Incorporated.
67. Wing Control Center (WCC) A second Space Wing center that logistically/administratively controls operational satellite systems operated by them at worldwide locations.
68. WIPT Working-level Integrated Product (Process) Team.
69. WIS WWMCCS Information System.
70. Withhold 1. A term used in a pre-planned response option (PRO) to identify the withholding of part of the space or ground weapon inventory against detected threat…
71. WL Will
72. WLR Weapons Launch Report.
73. WMD Weapons of Mass Destruction.
74. WMF Windows Metafile.
75. WMP War and Mobilization Plan.
76. WNINTEL Warning Notice - Intelligence Sources or Methods Involved.
77. WOC Wing Operations Center.
78. WON Work Order Number.
79. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) (1) A product-oriented family tree division of hardware, software, services, and other work tasks which organizes, defines, and graphically displays the…
80. Work Packages Detailed short-span jobs, or material items, identified by the contractor for accomplishing work required to complete the contract.
81. World-Wide Military Command and Control System (WWMCCS) The system that provides the means for operational direction and technical administrative support involved in the function of command and control of U.S.
82. Worldwide Indications Monitoring System (WWIMS) A confederation of national, unified, and specified command and other intelligence centers and facilities.
83. WP (Former) Warsaw Pact Countries.
84. WPAFB Wright-Patterson AFB, Dayton OH.
85. WPC Warsaw Pact Countries.
86. WPD Work Package Directive.
87. WPN Weapon Procurement Navy.
88. WR Western Range.
89. WR/VAFB Western Range/ Vandenburg Air Force Base.
90. WRA See Weapons Release Authority.
91. WRM Warm
92. WRSK War Reserve Spares Kit.
93. WRTTM Warhead Replacement Tactical Telemetry Module (USAF term).
94. WS Warning System.
95. WSE Weapon Support Equipment.
96. WSEM Weapons System Evaluation Program.
97. WSESRB Weapons System Explosive Safety Review Board.
98. WSI Wafer-Scale Integration.
99. WSM Waterspace Management (USN term).
100. WSMC Western Space and Missile Center, Vandenberg AFB, CA.