The degree of readiness of air defense weapons which can become airborne or be launched to carry out an assigned task. Weapons readiness states are expressed in numbers of weapons and numbers of minutes. Weapon readiness states are defined as follows: a. 2 minutes ? Weapons can be launched within two minutes. b. 5 minutes ? Weapons can be launched within five minutes. c. 15 minutes ? Weapons can be launched within fifteen minutes. d. 30 minutes ? Weapons can be launched within thirty minutes. e. 1 hour ? Weapons can be launched within one hour. f. 3 hours ? Weapons can be launched within three hours. g. released ? Weapons are released from defense commitment for a specified period of time. (US DoD)
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