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TWTalk(ed) With
TWRepublic of China (Including Taiwan & Pescadores Island)
TWTomorrow's World (UK TV programme)
TWTotal War (gaming)
TWTypewriter
TWTotal Weight
TWTime Warner
TWToxic Waste
TWTilt Wheel
TWTupperware
TWTiger Woods
TWTollywood (south Indian film industry)
TWTop of Wall (surveying)
TWTwickenham (postcode, United Kingdom)
TWTraffic Warden (UK)
TWTorchwood (British sci-fi series; Doctor Who spin-off)
TWTraveling Wave
TWThird World
TWTongue Weight (shipping)
TWTurbine Wheel
TWTwo Wheeler
TWTotally Wasted
TWTribal War (gaming community)
TWTeam Work
TWThird Wheel
TWThe What?
TWTwin Cities (ammunition headstamp)
TWTwaddle (unit of measure)
TWTe Weten (Dutch: to wit)
TWTotal Water Content
TWTwinbrook
TWTrapped Wind
TWTransit Windsor (Canada)
TWTribalwar (online community)
TWTechnology Watch
TWTravel Weekly (publication)
TWTime Bandwidth
TWTransformer Windings
TWTailwind
TWTrumans Water (band)
TWTile World (Chip's Challenge emulator)
TWTourism Whistler
TWTrainers Workshop
TWTulsa World (Tulsa, OK newspaper)
TWThird Watch (TV show)
TWTeraWatt (10^12 watts)
TWTrade Weighted
TWTokyo Weekender (Magazine)
TWTrench Wars (gaming website)
TWTrojan Wall (Age of Mythology game type)
TWTeeny-Weeny
TWTaxiway
TWTheatreWorks (theatrical equipment business)
TWTaiwanese Women
TWTare Weight
TWTactical Wank
TWTarget Weight (kidney dialysis)
TWTropical Warfare
TWThreat Warning
TWTest Wafer
TWTekWar (video game)
TWT'way Air Co., Ltd. (airline; South Korea)
TWThermoplastic Wire
TWTransmit Wavelength (Nortel)
TWTime Waived (criminal justice)
TWTheatreWorks (theatre company)
TWThermit Welding
TWTactical Warning
TWTelstra Wholesale (Australia)
TWTrigger Warning
TWThrow Weight
TWTrekWeb.com (Star Trek fan site)
TWTechnowizard (Rifts roleplaying game)
TWTeam Wound (gaming slang)
TWTholian Web (Star Trek)
TWTactical Weather
TWTest Witness
TWTackles Won (soccer)
TWThought Withdrawal
TWTrue Watt
TWTransmitter Window
TWTechnical Writer/Writing
TWTargeting and Weaponeering
TWTactical Warfare Ashore
TWTuring Word
TWThreat Evaluation/Weapon Assignment (Tartar Module)
TWTactical Warning Segment
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satellites, which will then provide strategic and tactical warnings to the United States and Taiwan.
These include insufficient examination of the evidence by analysts; inadequate understanding of the evidence due to, for instance, its ambiguous nature; over-emphasis of current intelligence and neglect of long-term basic intelligence; preconceptions of issues overriding facts; a failure to come to clear judgements, especially as far as the adversaries' intentions, and not only capabilities are concerned; misjudgements of timing of hostile attacks by an adversary as part of tactical warning; a reluctance to accept facts that point to a threat situation and a reluctance to convey an alarm to the policy-makers especially if the opinion exists that nothing can or should be done about a specific situation; and finally, a fear of issuing misplaced or incorrect warning.
A distinction can therefore be made between strategic warning (the fact that some incident or attack may take place) and tactical warning (shorter term information regarding the time and place of an attack).
The publication also offers a tutorial on how space can enhance joint force effectiveness by supporting intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance and integrated tactical warning and attack assessment such as missile defense and nuclear detonation detection, environmental monitoring, and the benefits of global positioning, including further information on these areas in appendices.
For the Korean War of 1950-1953 he shows that the danger of hostilities between North and South was foreseen but that both US and British intelligence failed to provide the vital tactical warning about an attack.
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