Military Acronyms and Definitions - MilitaryDictionary.org
change detection
An image enhancement technique that compares two images of the same area from different time periods and eliminates identical picture elements in order to leave the signatures that have undergone change.
View Other DefinitionsInternational Convention for Safe Containers
A convention held in Geneva, Switzerland, on 2 Dec 1972, which resulted in setting standard safety requirements for containers moving in international transport. These requirements were ratified by the United States on 3 January 1978.
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The contingency options built into the base plan used for changing the mission, orientation, or direction of movement of a force to aid success of the operation based on anticipated events, opportunities, or disruptions caused by enemy actions and reactions.
View Other Definitionsmaritime security operations
Those operations to protect maritime sovereignty and resources and to counter maritime-related terrorism, weapons proliferation, transnational crime, piracy, environmental destruction, and illegal seaborne immigration.
View Other Definitionscombat camera
The acquisition and utilization of still and motion imagery in support of operational and planning requirements across the range of military operations and during joint exercises.
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