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threat assessment

In antiterrorism, examining the capabilities, intentions, and activities, past and present, of terrorist organizations as well as the security environment within which friendly forces operate to determine the level of threat.

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sabotage

An act or acts with intent to injure, interfere with, or obstruct the national defense of a country by willfully injuring or destroying, or attempting to injure or destroy, any national defense or war materiel, premises, or utilities, to include human and natural resources.

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special access program

A sensitive acquisition, intelligence, or operations and support program, that imposes need-to-know and access controls beyond those normally provided for access to confidential, secret, or top secret information.

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movement phase

In amphibious operations, the period during which various elements of the amphibious force move from points of embarkation to the objective area.

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immediate air support

Air support to meet specific requests which arise during the course of a battle and which by their nature cannot be planned in advance.

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