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end of evening nautical twilight

The point in time when the sun has dropped 12 degrees below the western horizon, and is the instant of last available daylight for the visual control of limited military operations.

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networked munitions

Remotely controlled, interconnected, weapons system designed to provide rapidly emplaced ground-based countermobility and protection capability through scalable application of lethal and nonlethal means.

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residual forces

Undeployed United States forces that have an immediate combat potential for continued military operations, and that have been deliberately withheld from utilization.

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intelligence

The product resulting from the collection, processing, integration, evaluation, analysis, and interpretation of available information concerning foreign nations, hostile or potentially hostile forces or elements, or areas of actual or potential operations.

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fighter sweep

An offensive mission by fighter aircraft to seek out and destroy enemy aircraft or targets of opportunity in a designated area.

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