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U.S. Department of Defence
Settore: Government; Military
Number of terms: 79318
Number of blossaries: 0
Company Profile:
Any chemical, not listed in a schedule of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction which can produce rapidly in humans sensory irritation or disabling physical effects which disappear within a short time following termination of exposure.
Industry:Military
Any chemical reactant which takes place at any stage in the production by whatever method of a toxic chemical. This includes any key component of a binary or multicomponent chemical system.
Industry:Military
Any chemical manufactured, used, transported, or stored which can cause death or other harm through toxic properties of those materials. This includes chemical agents and chemical weapons (prohibited under the Chemical Weapons Convention), as well as toxic industrial chemicals and toxic industrial materials.
Industry:Military
Any biological material manufactured, used, transported, or stored by industrial, medical, or commercial processes which could pose an infectious or toxic threat.
Industry:Military
Any arrangement involving two or more nations that facilitates the logistic support of a force (either the forces of the countries participating in the arrangement or other countries).
Industry:Military
Any activity, individual, or group not tied to a particular country or region that operates across international boundaries and threatens United States national security or interests.
Industry:Military
Any action that increases the effectiveness of allied forces through more efficient or effective use of defense resources committed to the alliance. Rationalization includes consolidation, reassignment of national priorities to higher alliance needs, standardization, specialization, mutual support or improved interoperability, and greater cooperation. Rationalization applies to both weapons and/or materiel resources and non-weapons military matters.
Industry:Military
Any 20- or 40-foot International Organization for Standardization container procured or leased by a Service to meet Service-unique requirements.
Industry:Military
An unopposed landing involving debarkation from vessels that have been administratively loaded.
Industry:Military
An unmanned vehicle moving above the surface of the Earth whose trajectory or flight path is capable of being altered by an external or internal mechanism.
Industry:Military