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Terms for subject Military (71894 entries)

Indications and Warning Training System	IWTS
Indications and Warnings	I&W
indicator	id
indicator	ind
indicator	indr
indicator	In intelligence matters, a raw intelligence item showing the intention or the capability of a potential enemy of following or not a course of action. 2. Synthetic representation of an item of information, generally making a comparison between the accomplishment and an objective, between a situation and a standard or the threshold. There are various types of indicators: 1. performance indicator of: synthetic representation of an item of information which gives a report on the results of the activity, 2. effectiveness indicator: report that an action is successful, when it produced the expected effect, 3. efficiency indicator: capacity to reached the fixed objectives through the optimisation of the assets used to reach them.
INDICOM	Indications and Warning Communications
INDICOM	Indications Communication Network
INDICOMM	Indications Intelligence Communications
INDIGO	Intelligence Division Gaming Operations
indirect air support	Support given to land or sea forces by air action against objectives other than enemy forces engaged in tactical battle. It includes the gaining and maintaining of air superiority, interdiction.
indirect air support	Support given to land or sea forces by air action against objectives other than enemy forces engaged in tactical battle. It includes the gaining and maintaining of air superiority interdiction, and harassing
indirect combat function	All activities, with the exception of the "contact" function, which enable the capabilities and resources of the opponent to be attacked through the employment or non-employment of indirect support, electronic support and psychological operations.
Indirect Identification System	IIS
indirect illumination	Battlefield illumination provided by employing searchlight or pyrotechnic illuminants using diffusion or reflection: 1. Illumination by diffusion: illumination of an area beneath and to the flank of a slightly elevated searchlight or of pyrotechnic illuminants, by the light scattered from atmospheric particles. 2. Illumination by reflection: illumination of an area by reflecting light from low cloud. Either or both of these effects are present when a searchlight is used in defilade or with its beam spread to maximum width.
indirect strategy	Strategy consisting in making the decision through means other than military victory.
indirect support	Within the framework of the major unit's maneuver, all fires which indirectly facilitate the action of subordinate units.
Individual Aerial Mobility System	IAMS
Individual and Collective Training	ICT
Individual Drill Regulation	IDR