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produce either the acoustic or magnetic influence required to detonate the mine. See
also minehunting. (JP 3-15)
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. Also called MW.
(JP 3-15)
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. (JP 6-0)
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. (JP 3-07.3)
minimum-risk route — A temporary corridor of defined dimensions recommended for use
by high-speed, fixed-wing aircraft that presents the minimum known hazards to lowflying
aircraft transiting the combat zone. Also called MRR. (JP 3-52)
missile defense — Defensive measures designed to destroy attacking enemy missiles, or to
nullify or reduce the effectiveness of such attack. (JP 3-01)
missile engagement zone — In air defense, that airspace of defined dimensions within
which the responsibility for engagement of air threats normally rests with surface-to-air
missile systems. Also called MEZ. (JP 3-01)
mission — 1. The task, together with the purpose, that clearly indicates the action to be
taken and the reason therefore. (JP 3-0) 2. In common usage, especially when applied
to lower military units, a duty assigned to an individual or unit; a task. (JP 3-0) 3. The
dispatching of one or more aircraft to accomplish one particular task. (JP 3-30)
mission assignment — The vehicle used by the Department of Homeland
Security/Emergency Preparedness and Response/Federal Emergency Management
Agency to support federal operations in a Stafford Act major disaster or emergency
declaration that orders immediate, short-term emergency response assistance when an
applicable state or local government is overwhelmed by the event and lacks the
capability to perform, or contract for, the necessary work. (JP 3-28)
mission command — The conduct of military operations through decentralized execution
based upon mission-type orders. (JP 3-31)
mission needs statement — A formatted non-system-specific statement containing
operational capability needs and written in broad operational terms. Also called MNS.
(CJCSI 3180.01)
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