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Terms for subject Military (71893 entries)

execution directive	A North Atlantic Council directive which authorizes a strategic commander to execute a specific, previously approved operation plan
intermediate-range ballistic missile	A ballistic missile with a maximum range between 3000 and 5500 km
short-range ballistic missile	A ballistic missile with a maximum range of 1000 km
Medium Range Ballistic Missile	A ballistic missile with a range between 1000 and 3000 km
bare base	A base having minimum essential facilities to house, sustain, and support operations to include, if required, a stabilized runway, taxiways, and aircraft parking areas
generic plan	A basic plan which is developed for possible operations where some planning factors have not yet been fully identified or cannot be assumed. It identifies at this stage the general capabilities required
breakaway baton	A baton made of a substance that will break if used incorrectly
killed-in-action casualty	A battle casualty who was killed outright or who died before reaching the medical treatment and evacuation chain
territorial sea	A belt of sea, not to exceed twelve nautical miles, over which a coastal state has sovereignty and which extends beyond its land territory and internal waters
Extended Air Defence Task Force	A bi-national unit (Germany and Netherlands) to plan, coordinate and provide liaison for combined AD activities, training, exercises and interoperability tests. When required, the unit can assume mission-related command and control functions or augment an AD unit
dual-use commodity	A biological or chemical substance which can be used not only for peaceful purposes in industry and agriculture but also for military purposes in the manufacture of biological and chemical weapons
single-revetted barricade	A blast-resistant protective mound with a concrete retaining wall on one side
service magazine	A building in an operating line used for the intermediate storage of explosive materials
decontamination station	A building or location suitably equipped and organized where personnel and matériel are cleansed of chemical, biological or radiological contaminants. Also called cleansing station
slag	A byproduct of cutting with oxyacetylene
visual call sign	A call sign provided primarily for visual signalling
reactivation capability	A capability which will cause a fusing system, having been deactivated, to return to a state in which it is again capable of reacting to a firing signal
net-poles entangler	A capture device based on a pair of six-foot nylon poles with a strong chain interlaced between them
multinationality	A characteristic of command and force structures or of military operations in which the contributions, including individual personnel, units of various kinds and sizes and other capabilities, of several nations, whether Allied or Partners, are integrated
radio frequency weapons	A class of weapons which transmit short, high-powered pulses of electromagnetic radiation over significant ranges