text: Glossary
  *kill chain
  The successive linkage of commanders who can authorize engagements of air and missile threats.
  leadership
  (Army) The activity of influencing people by providing purpose, direction, and motivation to
  acceomplish the mission and improve the organization. (ADP 6-22)
  *lower tier
  A layer of low-to-high airspace within the atmosphere in which air and missile defense engagements
  are conducted.
  *methods of fire
  The firing options for air defense artillery interceptors employed against aerial threats.
  mission command
  (Army) The Army’s approach to command and control that empowers subordinate decision making
  and decentralized execution appropriate to the situation. (ADP 6-0)
  mobility
  (DOD) A quality or capability of military forces which permits them to move from place to place
  while retaining the ability to fulfill their primary mission. (JP 3-17)
  offensive counterair
  (DOD) Offensive operations to destroy or neutralize enemy aircraft, missiles, launch platforms, and
  their supporting structures and systems both before an after launch, and as close to their source as
  possible. Also called OCA. (JP 3-01)
  operational control
  (DOD) The authority to perform those functions of command over subordinate forces involving
  organizing and employing commands and forces, assigning tasks, designating objectives, and giving
  authoritative direction necessary to accomplish the mission. Also called OPCON. (JP 1)
  operational environment
  (DOD) A composite of the conditions, circumstances, and influences that affect the employment of
  capabilities and bear on the decisions of the commander. Also called OE. (JP 3-0)
  organic
  (DOD) Assigned to and forming an essential part of amilitary organization as listed in its table of
  organization for the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps, and are assigned to the operating forces for
  the Navy. (JP 1)
  *out-of-sector
  That part of the air and missile defense footprint which cannot be covered by a sensor or defended by a
  shooter.
  positive control
  (DOD) A method of airspace control that relies on positive identification, tracking, and direction of
  aircraft within an airspace, conducted with electronic means by an agency having the authority and
  responsibility therein. (JP 3-52)
  positive indentification
  (DOD) An identification derived from observation and an analysis of target characteristics including
  visual recognition, electronic support systems, non-cooperative target recognition techniques,
  identification friend or foe systems, or other physics-based identification techniques. Also called PID.
  (JP 3-01)
  *primary target line
  An azimuth assigned to a weapon system or unit along which the system fire control personnel and or
  gunners focus their attention.