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net explosives quantity [2 records]

Record 1 2016-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
DEF

The total explosives content of ammunition unless it has been determined that the effective quantity is significantly different from the actual quantity.

OBS

NEQ does not include such substances as white phosphorus, war gases or smoke and incendiary compositions unless these substances contribute significantly to the dominant hazard of the hazard division concerned.

OBS

net explosive quantity; NEQ: term and abbreviation standardized by NATO.

OBS

net explosives quantity; net explosive quantity; NEQ: terms and abbreviation officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
DEF

Contenu total en explosifs des munitions, à moins qu'il n'ait été établi que la quantité à prendre en compte diffère significativement de la quantité réelle.

OBS

La QNE ne comprend pas certaines substances comme le phosphore blanc, les gaz de combat et les compositions fumigènes et incendiaires, à moins que ces substances ne contribuent de façon importante au risque dominant de la division de risque pertinente.

OBS

poids net d'explosifs; quantité nette d'explosifs; NEQ : termes et abréviation normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

quantité nette d'explosifs; poids net d'explosifs; QNE; NEQ : termes et abréviations uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la défense.

OBS

quantité nette d'explosifs : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

Spanish

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Record 2 1990-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Explosives and Pyrotechnical Materials (Industries)
  • Transport of Goods
CONT

[In the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Regulations] "net explosives quantity" means (a) in the case of transportation of explosives or pyrotechnic substances by aircraft, the net mass of the explosives or the pyrotechnic substances excluding the mass of the packagings, and (b) in the case of transportation of explosives or pyrotechnic substances by a means of transport other than aircraft, the net mass of the explosive or the pyrotechnic substances excluding the mass of any casing, contrivance, box, wrapper or packaging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Explosifs et artifices (Industries)
  • Transport de marchandises
DEF

Masse nette des explosifs ou des substances pyrotechniques transportés, exclusion faite (a) de la masse de l'emballage, dans le cas des matières transportées par aéronef; b) de la masse des douilles, dispositifs, boîtes, enveloppes d'emballage ou emballages, dans le cas des matières transportées par un moyen de transport autre qu'un aéronef.

Spanish

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