| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Immediate operational readiness | Military | 1: (DOD) Those operations directly related to the assumption of an alert or quick-reaction posture. Typical operations include strip alert, airborne alert and/or indoctrination, no-notice launch of an alert force, and the maintenance of missiles in an alert configuration. See also nuclear weapon exercise; nuclear weapon maneuver. (references) | |
| 2: The state in which an armed force is ready in all respects for instant combat. (references) | |||
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