text: Glossary
  LCMR Lightweight Counter-Mortar Radar
  LPWS Land-Based Phalanx Weapon System
  METT-TC mission, enemy, terrain and weather, troops and support available, time
  available, civil considerations
  Patriot digital information link
  PADIL
  regional air defense commander
  RADC
  rocket, artillery, and mortar
  RAM
  sector air defense commander
  SADC
  short-range air defense
  SHORAD
  Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System
  SINCGARS
  submarine-launched ballistic missile
  SLBM
  Terminal High Altitude Area Defense
  THAAD
  Unmanned aircraft system
  UAS
  SECTION II – TERMS
  air defense
  (DOD) Defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy aircraft or aerodynamic missiles, or
  to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack. Also called AD. (JP 3-01)
  air and missile defense
  (DOD) Direct (active and passive) defensive actions taken to destroy, nullify, or reduce the
  effectiveness of hostile air and ballistic missile threats against friendly forces and assets. Also called
  AMD. (JP 3-01)
  air defense artillery
  (DOD) Weapons and equipment for actively combating air targets from the ground. Also called ADA.
  (JP 3-01)
  air defense warning condition
  (DOD) An air defense warning given in the form of a color code corresponding to the degree of air
  raid probability with yellow standing for when an attack by hostile aircraft or missiles is probable; red
  for when an attack by hostile aircraft or missiles is imminent or is in progress; and white for when an
  attack by hostile aircraft or missiles is improbable. Also called ADWC. (JP 3-01)
  airspace control plan
  (DOD) The document approved by the joint force commander that provides specific planning guidance
  and procedures for the airspace control system for the joint force operational area. Alco called ACP.
  (JP 3-52)
  *alert state
  A condition that prescribes the amount of resources required to achieve ready to fire and desired radar
  emissions, and which specifies manning requirements and equipment configurations.
  area air defense commander
  (DOD) The component commander with the preponderance of air defense capability and the required
  command, control, and communications capabilities who is assigned by the joint force commander to
  plan and execute integrated air defense operations. Also called AADC. (JP 3-01)
  *assess
  In the air and missile defense engagement sequence, the analysis of the effectiveness of the
  engagement and of the potential for reengagements.