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mid-course phase

tech. Marschphase f; mittlerer Flugabschnitt
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mid-course phase
mil. That portion of a ballistic missile's trajectory between the post-boost phase and terminal phase during which re-entry vehicles and penetration aids travel at ballistic trajectories above the atmosphere. During this phase a missile releases its warheads and decoys and is no longer a single object, but rather a swarm of RVs and penetration aids falling freely along present trajectories in space

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