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Terms for subject United States (7423 entries)

MILSPEC container	A container that meets specific written standards
Mind Control Interface	MCI
mine	In land mine warfare, an explosive or other material, normally encased, designed to destroy or damage ground vehicles, boats, or aircraft, or designed to wound, kill, or otherwise incapacitate personnel and designed to be detonated by the action of its victim, by the passage of time, or by controlled means.
mine	In naval mine warfare, an explosive device laid in the water with the intention of damaging or sinking ships or of deterring shipping from entering an area
mine countermeasures	All methods for preventing or reducing damage or danger from mines
mine warfare	The strategic, operational, and tactical use of mines and mine countermeasures either by emplacing mines to degrade the enemy’s capabilities to wage land, air, and maritime warfare or by countering of enemy-emplaced mines to permit friendly maneuver or use of selected land or sea areas
minefield	In land warfare, an area of ground containing mines emplaced with or without a pattern.
minefield	In naval warfare, an area of water containing mines emplaced with or without a pattern
minefield record	A complete written record of all pertinent information concerning a minefield, submitted on a standard form by the officer in charge of the emplacement operations
minefield report	An oral, electronic, or written communication concerning mining activities (friendly or enemy) submitted in a standard format by the fastest secure means available
minehunting	Employment of sensor and neutralization systems, whether air, surface, or subsurface, to locate and dispose of individual mines in a known field, or to verify the presence or absence of mines in a given area
Minerals Management Service	MMS
minesweeping	The technique of clearing mines using either mechanical sweeping to remove, disturb, or otherwise neutralize the mine; explosive sweeping to cause sympathetic detonations, damage, or displace the mine; or influence sweeping to produce either the acoustic or magnetic influence required to detonate the mine
minimize	A condition wherein normal message and telephone traffic is drastically reduced in order that messages connected with an actual or simulated emergency shall not be delayed
Minimum Alternate Tax	MAT
minimum force	Those minimum actions, including the use of armed force, sufficient to bring a situation under control or to defend against hostile act or hostile intent, where the firing of weapons is to be considered as a means of last resort
Minimum Funding Requirement	MFR
Minimum Living Unit	MLU
Minimum Subsistence Level	MSL
Minimum Technology Guidance	MTG