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RDD [4 records]

Record 1 2022-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

Any device, including a weapon or equipment other than a nuclear explosive device, specifically designed to employ radioactive material by disseminating it to cause destruction, damage or injury by means of the radiation produced by the decay of such material.

OBS

[Radiological dispersal devices] can be used to fulfill a wide variety of purposes and assume a number of different forms. [They] could consist of simply hiding a sealed radioactive source in an unsuspected place. Another technique is to embed radioactive material in a bomb with conventional explosives.

OBS

dirty bomb: Although the designation "dirty bomb" is often used as a synonym for "radiological dispersal device," it is in fact only one type of such a device.

OBS

radiological dispersal device; RDD: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
DEF

Tout dispositif, incluant les armes ou de l'équipement autre que les armes nucléaires explosives, spécialement conçu pour disperser des matières radioactives en vue de détruire, de causer des dommages ou des blessures suite à la désintégration des matières qui le composent.

OBS

bombe sale : Bien que la désignation «bombe sale» soit souvent utilisé comme synonyme de «dispositif de dispersion radiologique», il s'agit en effet d'un seul type de ce dispositif.

OBS

engin de dispersion radiologique; RDD : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Logistics
OBS

required delivery date; RDD: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logistique militaire
OBS

date de livraison requise; RDD : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
Key term(s)
  • random digit dialling

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Air Navigation Aids
CONT

... RDD provides the possibility of measuring distances, courses, azimuths, altitude and time differences between targets and points, the possibility of searching tracks by various criteria, and the possibility of recalculating displayed target altitude ... It also allows the settings of color brightness (track and maps), user menu definition, and switching between measured units (feet, meters, kilometers per hour, knots, nautical miles, and kilometers).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Aides à la navigation aérienne

Spanish

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