Weapons Tight
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Weapons Tight is a NATO brevity code
"weapon control order" used in anti-aircraft warfare
, imposing a status whereby weapons systems may only be fired at targets confirmed as hostile.
Compare to Weapons Free and Weapons Hold.
Brevity code
Multiservice tactical brevity codes are codes used by various military forces. The codes procedure words, a type of voice procedure, are designed to convey complex information with a few words.-American/NATO codes:...
"weapon control order" used in anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare
NATO defines air defence as "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action." They include ground and air based weapon systems, associated sensor systems, command and control arrangements and passive measures. It may be to protect naval, ground and air forces...
, imposing a status whereby weapons systems may only be fired at targets confirmed as hostile.
Compare to Weapons Free and Weapons Hold.