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High-altitude Missile Engagement Zone Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org
high-altitude missile engagement zone
Term Source:
JP 3-01
(Countering Air and Missile Threats)
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1.) In air defense, that airspace of defined dimensions within which the responsibility for engagement of air threats normally rests with high-altitude surface-to-air missiles.
See Also:
- also called HIMEZ
In the United States, military vocabulary is standardized by the Department of Defence. These terms are used by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
Term Classification: operations
Source:
Department of Defence, Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
Term sourced from JP 3-01: Countering Air and Missile Threats, updated March 2012
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This term is marked as active and was last updated in 2015
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