strategic

adjective

• relating to the identification of long-term or overall aims and interests and the means of achieving them:the company should take strategic actions to cope with fundamental changes in the environment strategic planning for the organization is the responsibility of top management
• carefully designed or planned to serve a particular purpose or advantage:alarms are positioned at strategic points around the prison
• relating to the gaining of overall or long-term military advantage:New Orleans was of strategic importance a hazard to British strategic and commercial interests
• (of human or material resources) essential in fighting a war:the strategic forces on Russian territory
• (of bombing or weapons) done or for use against industrial areas and communication centers of enemy territory as a long-term military objective:strategic nuclear missilesOften contrasted with tactical.