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The attack surface of a software environment is the sum of the different points (for "attack vectors") where an unauthorized user (the "attacker") can try to enter data to, extract data, control a device or critical software in an environment. [1] [2] Keeping the attack surface as small as possible is a basic security measure. [3]
Attack Surface Analyzer was a tool created for the analysis of changes made to the attack surface of the operating systems since Windows Vista and beyond. It was a tool recommended by Microsoft in its SDL guidelines [ 1 ] in the verification stage of the development.
Anti-surface warfare (ASuW or ASUW) is the branch of naval warfare concerned with the suppression of surface combatants. More generally, it is any weapons, sensors, or operations intended to attack or limit the effectiveness of an adversary's surface ships.
Attack against an aircraft carrier using a einer Kh-15S Video of Russian P-1000 Vulkan missile destroying a target ship Anti-ship missiles are a significant threat to surface ships, which have large radar , radio, and thermal signatures that are difficult to suppress.
The first operational surface-to-surface missile was the V-1 flying bomb, it was powered by a pulsejet engine. Contemporary surface-to-surface missiles are usually guided . An unguided surface-to-surface missile is usually referred to as a rocket (for example, an RPG-7 or M72 LAW is an anti-tank rocket ), whereas a BGM-71 TOW or AT-2 Swatter is ...
Many air-to-surface missiles can be used against both ships and land targets, although some must be modified to perform a different role; for example, the AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile is a land-attack version of the Harpoon.
This article handles air-to-surface special attack units by "Action Order only" and does not cover air-to-air suicide attack groups like the Shinten Air Superiority Group (Shinten Seikūtai [])m Type 4 suicide boat group the Army Maritime Assault Squadron (Rikugun Kaijō Teishin Sentai []) and other voluntary special/suicide attacks.
The Precision Attack Air-to-Surface Missile (PAASM) is a weapon system currently under development by Raytheon. It is designed to defeat armored vehicles, buildings, hardened bunkers and small naval targets. [1] The missile uses technology developed for the Joint Common Missile (JCM) and Precision Attack Missile (PAM) programs.