roll out

phrasal verb of roll

officially launch or introduce a new product or service.

"the firm rolled out its newest generation of supercomputers"

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com·pound

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noun

noun: compound; plural noun: compounds

an open area enclosed by a fence, for example around a factory or large house or within a prison.

"American diplomatic staff took refuge in a safe area within the compound."

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Behind Closed Doors

hidden or kept secret from the public, or without an audience or crowd watching:

The deal was negotiated behind closed doors.

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spec·ta·cle

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noun

noun: spectacle; plural noun: spectacles

a visually striking performance or display.

"the acrobatic feats make a good spectacle"

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defer to

1 : to allow (someone else) to decide or choose something

You have more experience with this, so I'm going to defer to you.

deferring to the experts.

2 defer to (something) : to agree to follow (someone else's decision, a tradition, etc.)

The court defers to precedent in cases like these.

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flurry

a number of things arriving or happening during the same period.

"a flurry of editorials hostile to the administration"

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prosecutorial misconduct

In jurisprudence, prosecutorial misconduct or prosecutorial overreach is "an illegal act or failing to act, on the part of a prosecutor, especially an attempt to sway the jury to wrongly convict a defendant or to impose a harsher than appropriate punishment." It is similar to selective prosecution.

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clear (one's) schedule

To clear your schedule means to cancel or postpone previously made plans or appointments in order to make space for some free time or for something more important or urgent.

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too close for comfort

phrase of close

dangerously or uncomfortably near.

"the friendly stranger who suddenly comes too close for comfort"

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NROL-87

NROL-87 launched on top of a brand-new SpaceX Falcon 9 from Space Launch Complex-4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) in California. Liftoff occurred on February 2 at 12:27 PM PST (20:27 UTC).

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Reconnaissance

Reconnaissance is an active mission concerned with enemy, terrain, and/or weather. It seeks out enemy positions, obstacles, and routes. Reconnaissance missions include: (1) Zone recon is conducted within a specific zone. The zone is defined by boundaries.

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A High Value Asset (HVA)

A High Value Asset (HVA) is information or an information system that is so critical to an organization that the loss or corruption of this information or loss of access to the system would have serious impact to the organization's ability to perform its mission or conduct business.

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What is JOC in military?

The Joint Operations Center (JOC) acts as a conduit for this information. As the information hub of DHA, the JOC collects requests and data from across the Military Health System, including the Joint Staff, combatant commands, and a variety of other military organizations.

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A Space Operations Center

A Space Operations Center (SOC) is a facility such as a Mission Control Center for controlling spaceflight and/or spacelift missions, and may refer to: 614th Air and Space Operations Center, a U.S. Space Force operations center at Vandenberg AFB, California.

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What is space capability?

1. The ability of a space asset to accomplish a mission.

2. The ability of a terrestrial-based asset to accomplish a mission in space (e.g., a ground-based or airborne laser capable of negating a satellite).

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heat signature

In the simplest terms, a heat signature is the visible representation of the exterior temperature of an object or person.

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What does a cat and mouse game mean?

: to engage in behavior that is like the way a cat chases a mouse or plays with a mouse before killing it —used especially to describe behavior in which someone says or does different things to deceive or control other people, to avoid being caught, etc.

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quarters

rooms or lodgings, especially those allocated to people in military or domestic service.

"the servants' quarters"

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