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direct action

Term · Defense and military · MLC-T-DEF-000501

Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-DEF-000501
FieldDefense and military
AbbreviationDA
ReferencesJP 3-05
See alsospecial operations; special operations forces
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-DEF-000501",
  "term": "direct action",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "Short-duration strikes and other small-scale offensive actions conducted as a special operation to seize, destroy, capture, exploit, recover, or damage designated targets.",
  "abbreviation": "DA",
  "see_also": [
    "special operations",
    "special operations forces"
  ],
  "references": [
    "JP 3-05"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/direct-action/"
}

Record 501 of 1,781 in Defense and military terminology (MLC-0115). Request the full dataset.