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Terms for subject Military (71893 entries)

counter-C3	Attack against the enemy's command, conduct and communication capabilities.
counter-espionage	Action designed to detect and counteract espionage.
counter-guerrilla warfare	Operations and activities conducted by armed forces, paramilitary forces, or non-military agencies against guerrillas.
counter-insurgency	Those military, paramilitary, political, economic, psychological, and civic actions taken to defeat insurgency.
counter-intelligence	Those activities which are concerned with identifying and counteracting the threat to security posed by hostile intelligence services or organizations or by individuals engaged in espionage, sabotage, subversion or terrorism.
Counter-Intelligence Security Officer	CISO
CMP	counter-military potential
counter-mobility	Set of processes of fight aimed at reducing the possibilities of movement of the opponent by the development of artificial obstacles and upgrading of natural obstacles within the framework of the combined arms maneuver.
counter-offensive	A specific type of offensive action by defending forces, either while repelling an enemy offensive or subsequently. The aims of a counteroffensive are to disrupt the enemy's offensive, to rout the enemy assault groupings, to recover a lost position and, having seized the strategic or operational initiative, to create conditions for a friendly offensive or counter-offensive on new lines of defence. A counter-offensive may be either strategic or operational in scale and may be carried out at strategic, front, army or corps level. The switch to a counter-offensive is generally made when the enemy has exhausted all or part of his offensive capabilities, for instance when he has committed all or most of his reserves, has suffered significant losses and has not yet managed to form a defensive force grouping and move onto the defensive.
Counter-Reconnaissance, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition	C-RISTA
counter-subversion	Action designed to detect and counteract subversion.
counter-surveillance	Set of active or passive measures taken to counteract hostile surveillance.
counter-surveillance	All measures, active or passive, taken to counteract hostile surveillance
counter-terrorism	All offensive measures taken to neutralize terrorism before and after hostile acts are carried out. Note: such measures include those counterforce activities justified for the defence of individuals as well as containment measures implemented by military forces or civilian organizations.
Counter-Terrorism Database	MIO
Counter-Terrorism Database	MO
CA	counterair
CAA	counterair aircraft
CAINT	counterair and interdiction
CAO	counterair operations