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tactical warning

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Noun1.tactical warning - (military) a warning after the initiation of a hostile act
warning - a message informing of danger; "a warning that still more bombs could explode"
warning of attack - a warning to national policy makers that an enemy intends to launch an attack in the near future
armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

1. A warning after initiation of a threatening or hostile act based on an evaluation of information from all available sources.
2. In satellite and missile surveillance, a notification to operational command centers that a specific threat event is occurring. The component elements that describe threat events are as follows: a. country of origin--Country or countries initiating hostilities; b. event type and size--Identification of the type of event and determination of the size or number of weapons; c. country under attack--Determined by observing trajectory of an object and predicting its impact point; and d. event time--Time the hostile event occurred. Also called integrated tactical warning. See also attack assessment; strategic warning.


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