a military attack
1attack origin — 1. The location or source from which an attack was initiated. 2. The nation initiating an attack. See also attack assessment …
2attack pattern — The type and distribution of targets under attack. Also called target pattern. See also attack assessment …
3attack assessment — An evaluation of information to determine the potential or actual nature and objectives of an attack for the purpose of providing information for timely decisions. See also damage estimation …
4attack heading — 1. The interceptor heading during the attack phase that will achieve the desired track crossing angle. 2. The assigned magnetic compass heading to be flown by aircraft during the delivery phase of an air strike …
5attack helicopter — A helicopter specifically designed to employ various weapons to attack and destroy enemy targets …
6military damage assessment — An appraisal of the effects of an attack on a nation …
7attack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. assault, attack; seizure (See disease). v. t. assail, assault, attack; affect, influence. Ant., defense. II Violent assault Nouns 1. (human attack) attack; assault, assault and battery; onset,… …
8attack — I. verb Etymology: Middle French attaquer, from Old Italian *estaccare to attach, from stacca stake, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English staca Date: 1562 transitive verb 1. to set upon or work against forcefully 2. to assail with unfriendly… …
9Military communications — Historically, the first military communications had the form of sending/receiving simple signals (often hidden or encoded to be unrecognizable for the enemy). Respectively, the first distinctive tactics of military communications were called… …
10Attack on Pearl Harbor — Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II …
