JP 1-02, DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms - DMRTI ...

As Amended Through 15 March 2012detonates or impacts. For ballistic missiles that do not exit the atmosphere, terminalphase begins when the warhead or payload reaches apogee and ends when the warheador payload detonates or impacts. See also boost phase; midcourse phase. (JP 3-01)termination criteria — The specified standards approved by the President and/or theSecretary of Defense that must be met before a joint operation can be concluded.(JP 3-0)terms of reference — 1. A mutual agreement under which a command, element, or unitexercises authority or undertakes specific missions or tasks relative to anothercommand, element, or unit. 2. The directive providing the legitimacy and authority toundertake a mission, task, or endeavor. Also called TORs. (JP 3-0)terrain analysis — (*) The collection, analysis, evaluation, and interpretation ofgeographic information on the natural and manmade features of the terrain, combinedwith other relevant factors, to predict the effect of the terrain on military operations.terrain avoidance system — A system which provides the pilot or navigator of an aircraftwith a situation display of the ground or obstacles which project above either ahorizontal plane through the aircraft or a plane parallel to it, so that the pilot canmaneuver the aircraft to avoid the obstruction. (JP 3-50)terrain flight — (*) Flight close to the Earth’s surface during which airspeed, height,and/or altitude are adapted to the contours and cover of the ground in order to avoidenemy detection and fire. Also called TERF.terrain following system — (*) A system which provides the pilot or autopilot of anaircraft with climb or dive signals such that the aircraft will maintain as closely aspossible a selected height above a ground contour in a vertical plane through the flightvector.terrain intelligence — Intelligence on the military significance of natural and man-madecharacteristics of an area. (JP 3-15)terrestrial environment — The Earth’s land area, including its man-made and naturalsurface and sub-surface features, and its interfaces and interactions with the atmosphereand the oceans. (JP 3-14)territorial airspace — Airspace above land territory, internal waters, archipelagic waters,and territorial seas.territorial sea — A belt of ocean space adjacent to and measured from the coastal state’sbaseline to a maximum width of 12 nm. Throughout the vertical and horizontal planesof the territorial sea, the coastal state exercises sovereign jurisdiction, subject to theright of innocent passage of vessels on the surface and the right of transit passage in,under, and over international straits. Territorial sea areas that are a continuation of seaJP 1-02 331