- 行业: Government; Military
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As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, an armored vehicle based on the same chassis as, and externally similar to, an armored personnel carrier, which does not have a cannon or gun of 20 millimeters caliber or greater and which has been constructed or modified in such a way as not to permit the transportation of a combat infantry squad. The Treaty excludes armored personnel carrier ambulances from this definition.
Industry:Military
Defense Threat Reduction Agency On-Site Inspection Directorate unit, located within United States embassies in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Ukraine, designed to aid U.S. inspection teams during in-country inspections.
Industry:Military
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), large caliber systems capable of engaging ground targets by delivering primarily indirect fire. Large caliber artillery systems are guns, howitzers, artillery pieces combining the characteristics of guns and howitzers, mortars, and multiple launch rocket systems with a caliber of 100 millimeters and above. Treatylimited piece of equipment under the CFE Treaty.
Industry:Military
Group of individuals who travel to a site prior to inspection in order to help that particular facility prepare for inspection by a foreign inspection team.
Industry:Military
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a combat helicopter equipped to employ anti-armor, air-to-ground, or air-to-air guided weapons and equipped with an integrated fire control and aiming system for these weapons. Treaty-limited piece of equipment under the CFE Treaty.
Treaty definition includes specialized and multi-purpose attack helicopters.
Industry:Military
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a self-propelled armored fighting vehicle, capable of heavy firepower, primarily of a high muzzle velocity direct fire main gun necessary to engage armored and other targets, with high cross-country mobility, with a high level of selfprotection, and which is not designed and equipped primarily to transport combat troops. Battle tanks are tracked armored fighting vehicles which weigh at least 16.5 metric tons unladen weight and which are armed with a 360-degree traverse gun of at least 75 millimeters caliber. Treaty-limited piece of equipment under the CFE Treaty.
Industry:Military
Agreement between the United States of America and the Soviet Union on the Destruction and Non-Production of Chemical Weapons and on Measures to Facilitate the Multilateral Convention signed June 1, 1990, also referred to as the Bilateral Destruction Agreement. Calls for the destruction of most of the State Parties’ chemical weapons (CW) capability and prohibits production of CW. The verification protocol was never completed and the BDA was superseded by the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Industry:Military
International convention opened for signature April 10, 1972; entered into force March 26, 1975. Prohibits States Parties from developing, producing, stockpiling, acquiring, or retaining: 1) biological agents or toxins of types and in quantities having no justification for prophylactic, protective, or other peaceful purposes; and 2) weapons, equipment, or means of delivery designed to use such agents or toxins for hostile purposes or in armed conflict. Obligates States Parties to destroy such material within 9 months of entry into force, but permits defensive biological research.
Industry:Military
Software used with analytical equipment, which indicates only whether or not a sample contains a specific treaty-controlled chemical. Also known as blinder software.
Industry:Military
United States technical equipment inspection and approval process for treatyspecified equipment designated for use in verification activities. Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, for example, the United States must certify Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons technical secretariat equipment from safety, security, and environmental standpoints before the items can be brought to, and used at, U.S. (Department of Defense) facilities.
Also establishes baseline data for comparative analysis during subsequent equipment inspections pursuant to inspection activities.
Industry:Military
