The phrase "a secondary target" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts such as military strategy, marketing, or project management to refer to a target that is not the primary focus but still holds significance.
Example: "In our marketing campaign, we identified a secondary target that could help us reach a broader audience."
Alternatives: "a secondary objective" or "a backup target".
An offshoot of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas has frequently been a secondary target of a crackdown on the Brotherhood since the latter's overthrow last July.
The government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri may also have been a target of the attack, much as Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, has been a secondary target of terrorist attacks.
And, of course, advertising aimed at the young has always had a secondary target as well: those who aren't young but want to appear so, who believe that purchased commodities have the power to stave off time.
"We have a secondary target who are endurance athletes and any runners who tax their joints, but our primary target is 45 and older," Ms. Horn said.
Redknapp has met with the Lyons striker Fred – short for Frederico Chaves Guedes – but the Brazilian, who is out of contract in the summer, is still only a secondary target after Keane.
Kidney is considered as such a secondary target organ.
3) A paper just published in Molecular Cell (February 5, so probably after this manuscript was submitted), proposes a novel function for DYRK1A-a secondary target of i-CDK9 with an IC50 ∼50 nM-as a Ser2- and Ser5-specific CTD kinase.
CDPK4 is a useful secondary target for a pan-CDPK inhibitor, because of its absolute and early requirement for transmission.
These studies with a mouse model indicate that PAF-AH is not a major secondary target of OP pesticide poisoning.
Energy sources are top of the shopping list for Indian and Chinese companies; minerals are a major secondary target.
A two-step target consists of an inner cylinder of heavy metal irradiated by an energetic light ion beam; neutrons produced emerge from the target into a coaxial secondary target (blanket) of fissionable material.
