text: Glossary
  engage
  In air and missile defense, a fire control order used to direct or authorize units and/or weapon systems
  to attack a designated target. (JP 3-01)
  *engage hold
  A fire control order which prevents automatic engagement of the specified target by the system when
  the system is operating in the automatic mode.
  engagement
  (DOD) An attack against an air or missile threat. (JP 3-01)
  engagement authority
  (DOD) An authority vested with a joint force commander that may be delegated to a subordinate
  commander that permits an engagement decision. (JP 3-01)
  *engagement operations
  Functions and activities required to execute the air, missile, and counter-surveillance battle.
  *engagement sequence
  The successive actions taken by all of the services' air and missile defense systems in the engagement
  of aerial threats.
  flexibility
  (Army) The employment of a versatile mix of capabilities, formations, and equipment for conducting
  operations. (ADP 3-0)
  *fire control quality data
  Usable guidance updates to a weapon in flight that allows a seeker to acquire the target.
  *firing doctrine
  The application of the methods of fire to achieve the required level of engagement effectiveness.
  *force operations
  Actions and functions required to plan, coordinate, prepare for, and sustain the total air and missile
  defense mission.
  identification
  (DOD) The process of determining the friendly or hostile character of an unknown detected contact.
  (JP 3-01)
  integration
  (DOD) The arrangement of military forces and their actions to create a force that operates by engaging
  as a whole. (JP 1)
  joint force air component commander
  (DOD) The commander within a unified command, subordinate unified command, or joint task force
  responsible to the establishing commander for recommending the proper employment of assigned,
  attached, and/or made available for tasking air forces; planning and coordinating air operations; or
  accomplishing such operational missions as may be assigned. Also called JFACC. (JP 3-0)
  *keep-out altitude
  The vertical distance above a defended asset at which a successful engagement denies an adversary's
  desired weapons effects against the defended asset.
  *keep-out range
  The horizontal distance from a defended asset at which a successful engagement denies an adversary's
  desired weapons effects against the defended asset.