kill chain

kill chain (plural kill chains)

1. (military) The process of making an attack, from identifying the target to dispatching forces and destroying it.
   • 2025 October 30, Ross Douthat, “What Palantir Sees”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 October 2025:

     And so Palantir treats the military as both a kill chain problem and a corporate supply chain problem? You’re working on both effectively?