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Appendix C Glossary
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... JIEDDTF: Joint IED Defeat Task Force JIEDDO: Joint IED Defeat Organization ONR: Office of Naval Research Ordnance: munitions, weapon-delivery system, or item that contains explosives, propellants, or chemical agents. Persistent surveillance: the monitoring of targets of interest with sufficient frequency, continuity, accuracy, precision, spectral diversity, 
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... The immediate human victims of violence are generally chosen randomly (targets of opportunity) or selectively (representative or symbolic targets)
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Key Terms

  • ied defeat
  • main targets
  • political resources
  • main target
  • organizational expertise

  • immediate human
  • contains explosives
  • message generators
  • defeat task
  • symbolic targets

  • ruling authorities
  • detonation sequence
  • communication processes
  • chemical agents
  • primarily sought

  • defeat organization
  • chosen randomly
  • prematurely activates
  • target population
  • human victims

  • spectral diversity
  • obtaining information
  • tactical goals
  • achieve strategic
  • economic environment

  • sufficient frequency
  • exact definition
  • task force
  • naval research


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