Joint Publication 1-02 DoD Dictionary of Military ... - AcqNotes.com

As Amended Through 15 August 2011
wave height — The vertical distance between trough and crest, usually expressed in feet.
See also wave. (JP 4-01.6)
wave length — The horizontal distance between successive wave crests measured perpendicular
to the crest, usually expressed in feet. See also wave; wave crest. (JP 4-01.6)
wave period — The time it takes for two successive wave crests to pass a given point. See
also wave; wave crest. (JP 4-01.6)
wave trough — The lowest part of the wave between crests. See also wave. (JP 4-01.6)
wave velocity — The speed at which a wave form advances across the sea, usually
expressed in knots. See also wave. (JP 4-01.6)
W-day — See times.
weaponeering — The process of determining the quantity of a specific type of lethal or
nonlethal weapons required to achieve a specific level of damage to a given target,
considering target vulnerability, weapons characteristics and effects, and delivery
parameters. (JP 3-60)
weapon engagement zone — In air defense, airspace of defined dimensions within which
the responsibility for engagement of air threats normally rests with a particular weapon
system. Also called WEZ. (JP 3-52)
weapons free zone — An air defense zone established for the protection of key assets or
facilities, other than air bases, where weapon systems may be fired at any target not
positively recognized as friendly. (JP 3-52)
weapons of mass destruction — Chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons
capable of a high order of destruction or causing mass casualties and exclude the means
of transporting or propelling the weapon where such means is a separable and divisible
part from the weapon. Also called WMD. See also special operations. (JP 3-40)
weapons of mass destruction active defense — Active measures to defeat an attack with
chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons by employing actions to divert,
neutralize, or destroy those weapons or their means of delivery while en route to their
target. Also called WMD active defense. (JP 3-40)
weapons of mass destruction - civil support team — Joint National Guard (Army
National Guard and Air National Guard) team established to deploy rapidly to assist a
local incident commander in determining the nature and extent of a weapons of mass
destruction attack or incident; provide expert technical advice on weapons of mass
destruction response operations; and help identify and support the arrival of follow-on
state and federal military response assets. Also called WMD-CST. (JP 3-28)
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