Knowledge

Point target

Source 📝

36: 229: 166:, and targets in the midst of many non-targets are considered to be point targets. When attacking point targets, weapons with only the necessary amount of spread and power are employed. 158:
A radar target that is small compared with the pulse volume, which is the cross-sectional area of the radar beam multiplied by half the length of the radar pulse.
100: 72: 270: 119: 79: 57: 86: 294: 53: 17: 289: 177:
are used to take out only the intended target. A strike executing in this manner is often referred to as a
68: 155:
A nuclear target in which the ratio of radius of damage to target radius is equal to or greater than 5.
299: 46: 263: 198: 93: 8: 141: 244: 197:(JP 1-02) FM 101-5-1 Operational Terms and Graphics, 30 September 1997, Headquarters, 256: 145: 178: 174: 240: 283: 209: 149: 35: 236: 170: 169:
Point targets are often located near other buildings which contain
163: 228: 210:
Meteorology Glossary, American Meteorological Society
60:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 281: 264: 148:that it requires the accurate placement of 271: 257: 27:Military term for relatively small targets 120:Learn how and when to remove this message 14: 282: 184: 152:in order to neutralize or destroy it. 223: 58:adding citations to reliable sources 29: 24: 25: 311: 227: 34: 173:and other innocents, therefore 45:needs additional citations for 203: 191: 13: 1: 218: 243:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 10: 316: 222: 239:-related article is a 199:Department of the Army 162:Targets such as city 295:Military terminology 54:improve this article 290:Targeting (warfare) 185:Citations and notes 252: 251: 130: 129: 122: 104: 16:(Redirected from 307: 273: 266: 259: 231: 224: 212: 207: 201: 195: 175:guided munitions 125: 118: 114: 111: 105: 103: 62: 38: 30: 21: 315: 314: 310: 309: 308: 306: 305: 304: 280: 279: 278: 277: 221: 216: 215: 208: 204: 196: 192: 187: 179:surgical strike 146:small dimension 126: 115: 109: 106: 63: 61: 51: 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 313: 303: 302: 300:Military stubs 297: 292: 276: 275: 268: 261: 253: 250: 249: 232: 220: 217: 214: 213: 202: 189: 188: 186: 183: 160: 159: 156: 153: 128: 127: 69:"Point target" 42: 40: 33: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 312: 301: 298: 296: 293: 291: 288: 287: 285: 274: 269: 267: 262: 260: 255: 254: 248: 246: 242: 238: 233: 230: 226: 225: 211: 206: 200: 194: 190: 182: 180: 176: 172: 167: 165: 157: 154: 151: 147: 143: 139: 138: 137: 135: 124: 121: 113: 102: 99: 95: 92: 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: –  70: 66: 65:Find sources: 59: 55: 49: 48: 43:This article 41: 37: 32: 31: 19: 18:Point targets 245:expanding it 234: 205: 193: 168: 161: 134:point target 133: 131: 116: 110:January 2010 107: 97: 90: 83: 76: 64: 52:Please help 47:verification 44: 284:Categories 219:References 80:newspapers 171:civilians 164:buildings 237:military 150:ordnance 144:of such 94:scholar 142:target 96:  89:  82:  75:  67:  235:This 101:JSTOR 87:books 241:stub 136:is: 73:news 56:by 286:: 181:. 140:A 132:A 272:e 265:t 258:v 247:. 123:) 117:( 112:) 108:( 98:· 91:· 84:· 77:· 50:. 20:)

Index

Point targets

verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Point target"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message
target
small dimension
ordnance
buildings
civilians
guided munitions
surgical strike
Department of the Army
Meteorology Glossary, American Meteorological Society
Stub icon
military
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
Categories
Targeting (warfare)

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.