STRATEGIC

adjective Date: 1825 of, relating to, or marked by strategy , 2. necessary to or important in the initiation, conduct, or completion of a ~ plan, required for the conduct of war and not available in adequate quantities domestically , of great importance within an integrated whole or to a planned effect , designed or trained to strike an enemy at the sources of its military, economic, or political power , ~al adjective ~ally adverb