- 行业: Government; Military
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Under arms control agreements, a non-routine inspection, on short notice, of any facility in the territory or in any other place under the jurisdiction or control of a State Party requested by another State Party. The inspection may be generated as a right of the requesting party or for a non-compliance concern of the requesting party. Under some agreements, a right of refusal exists.
Industry:Military
Site at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Edgewood Area, Maryland, which contains a Single Small Scale Facility (a facility for production of Schedule 1 chemicals to be used for purposes not prohibited by the Chemical Weapons Convention), a Schedule 1 Storage Facility, and a Chemical Destruction Facility.
Industry:Military
Toxic chemicals and their precursors, munitions, and devices specifically designed to cause death or other harm through the toxic properties of those chemicals, and any equipment specifically designed for use directly in connection with the employment of those munitions and devices.
Industry:Military
International convention opened for signature January 13, 1993; entered into force April 29, 1997. Prohibits States Parties from developing; producing; otherwise acquiring, stockpiling, or retaining chemical weapons (CW); transferring CW, directly or indirectly, to anyone; using CW; engaging in military preparations to use CW; using riot control agents as a method of warfare; or assisting, encouraging, or inducing anyone to engage in any activity prohibited under the Convention. Requires States Parties to destroy CW they own or possess, or are located anywhere under their jurisdiction or control; destroy all CW they abandoned on the territories of other States Parties; and destroy or convert any CW production facilities they own or possess. In addition, the Convention monitors non-prohibited chemical activities through industry declarations and on-site inspections.
Industry:Military
Facility mandated by the Chemical Weapons Convention to destroy chemical weapons on the territory of a State Party.
Industry:Military
Department of Defense working group, which reviews chemical weapons convention implementation issues on a regular basis.
Industry:Military
Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, any equipment, as well as any building housing such equipment, designed, constructed, or used at any time since January 1, 1946, as part of the stage in the production of chemicals or for filling chemical weapons.
Industry:Military
Facility where chemical weapons are stored. Subject to inspection under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Industry:Military
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a fixed-wing or variable-geometry wing aircraft armed and equipped to engage targets by employing guided missiles, unguided rockets, bombs, guns, cannons, or other weapons of destruction, as well as any model or version of such an aircraft which performs other military functions such as reconnaissance or electronic warfare. Treaty-limited piece of equipment under the CFE Treaty.
Industry:Military
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a rotary wing aircraft armed and equipped to engage targets or equipped to perform other military functions. Treaty-limited piece of equipment under the CFE Treaty. Treaty definition includes attack and combat support helicopters; does not include unarmed transport helicopters.
Industry:Military
