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Rh medium range ballistic missile (MRBM) —- An arbitrary designation for missiles having ranges from 501 to 1,100 nautical miles.

milliradian -- lOne thousandth of a radian. It is approximately the angle subtended by an are one foot in length at one thousand feet and is the basic factor in determining ground res— olution of a given system. (infrared)

missile assembly and checkout facility -— The component(s) of a missile support facility at a test center used for assembly and checkout of a missile prior to its movement toa launch site or in recycling.

missile launch area construction -— a. early stage -- Evidence of clearing and grading, of open-cut excavation, or of silo coring. b. midstage —- Evidence that silo is under construction, that silo appears finished to surface level, or that backfilling of silo is underway. C. late stage -— Evidence that silo door(s) is (are) installed, that final backfilling is complete, and that grading is under way. d. completed —- Evidence that elements are complete and roads are paved.

missile-ready building -- Aroad—served drive- in or drive-through building at deployed soft surface—to-surface or antimissile-missile launch sites providing facilities for the prep- aration, storage, and maintenance of a mis— sile in a ready-to-launch condition.

missile RIM facility or building —— The place at a deployed hard missile launch complex where a missile is received, inspected, and/or maintained.

mission -— The completed photographic flight of l or more vehicles.

Mission Coverage Index (MCI) —— An obsolete title for a second-phase photographic inter— pretation report consisting of an organized list containing references and brief descrip— tions of targets of intelligence interest imaged

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on the photography of agiven mission or mis— sions. Publication of MCIs was discontinued in July 1965.

Mission Coverage Plots (MCP) —— A technical publication providing the photographic cov— erage plots of an entire mission of photog- raphy.

Mission Coverage Plot Summary (MCPS) -— A graphic plot overlay, keyed to a 1:15,000,000 map, depicting the plottable photographic coverage of an entire mission of photography.

Mission Index - PIR —— A first—phase photo- graphic interpretation report presenting an organized list of all targets of intelligence interest imaged. on the photography of agiven mission or missions. Targets are identified by name with notations of photo reference, photo quality, and atmospheric conditions.

mole —— A massive structure projected from the shore which deflects water currents andpro- vides berthing space.

mound —- [noun] A pile or heap, e.g., a mound of earth.

mound -- E/erlﬂ To cover with a raised heap, e.g., an earth—mounded storage bunker.

napalm bomb -— A special type of incendiary, shaped like a fuel droptank, carried ex— ternally, and dropped from low altitude to increase accuracy and area coverage.

negate —— To ascertain that a target previously suspected or reported as existing does not

exist or cannot be so identified. negation -- The act of negating.

negation date —- Date of the most recent pho- tography on which there is no evidence of the target.

negation list —— A list of negated targets.

negative -— A sensitized plate or film which has been exposed in a camera and which has the lights and shades in inverse order to those