The phrase 'attack target' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a person, place, or thing that is being targeted for attack or criticism. For example, "The journalist's attack target was the city's mayor."
So, for example, cytotoxic T cells can attack target cells that express antigens made by viruses or bacteria growing within them (see Cell-mediated immune mechanisms).
"Declaring the EU offices to be a legitimate attack target is more than the unfriendly act of a machine that knows no bounds and may be out of the control of politics and the courts".
"Our team had been very highly trained in crisis attack response," said Simpson, pointing out that Nice had long been considered a potential attack target under France's heightened terrorism alert.
NK cells selectively attack target cells with diminished major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I expression.
Among the reports, 12,98% relate to vulnerabilities that allow attacks in class 1 (attacks outside VMs), 0,54% for the attacks in class 2 (VM as attack target) and 86,5% for attacks in class 3 (VM as attack source), see Fig. 2.
The time attack target for this flying adversary is five and a half minutes.
Spear phishing – a specialised attack targeted on a specific person.
The attack targeted local Isis leaders and is believed to have killed three men.
"We claim this attack targeting centres … where decisions to massacre Kurdish people are made.
"The number of suspects arrested in the alleged plot to attack targets in Southern Ontario is 17.
A third attack targeted a partnership between the Georgian military and a US defense contractor.
