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AEGIS
Alternating Current (AC)
Ammeter
Ampacity
Ampere (A)
Ampere-Hour (Ah)
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty
Apparent Power
Armature
Armored Box Launcher (ABL)
Ballistic Missile
Boost Phase
Breaker
Buss
Capacitance
Capacitor
Circuit
Circuit Breaker
Conductor
Corona
Current (I)
Cycle
DSP (Defense Support Program)
Demand
Dielectric Constant
Dielectric Strength
Diode
EWR (Early Warning Radar)
EWR (Early Warning Radar)
Electrolyte
Electromotive Force (EMF)
Electron
Electron Theory
Farad
Ferroresonance
Frequency
Fuse
Generator
Ground
Ground Based Interceptor (GBI)
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI)
Hertz (Hz)
Impedance
Inductance
Inductor
Insulator
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
Inverter
Kilowatt (kW)
Kilowatt-hour (kWh)
Kilowatt-hour Meter
Kinetic Energy Interceptor (KEI)
Land-Based Missile Systems
Large Phased Array Radar (LPAR)
Layered Ballistic Missile Defense System (Layered BMDS)
Load
Load Rejection
Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS)
Midcourse Phase (Mid-Phase)
Multiple Kill Vehicle (MKV)
Mutual Induction
National Missile Defense (NMD)
Ohm (Ω)
Ohmmeter
Ohm’s Law
Open Circuit
Parallel Circuit
Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC)
Patriot Advanced Capability (PAC-2 / PAC-3)
Piezoelectricity
Polarity
Power
Power Factor
Protective Relay
Reactive Power
Rectifier
Relay
Reluctance
Resistance
Resistor
Rotor
SBX (Sea-Based X-Band Radar)
Self Induction
Semiconductor
Series Circuit
Series-Parallel Circuit
Service (Electrical Service)
Short Circuit
Solid-State Circuit
Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS)
Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS)
Terminal Phase
Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)
Theater Missile Defense (TMD)
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