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SELF DEACTIVATION [1 record]

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Record 1 2022-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Warfare
  • Security Devices
  • Land Mines
DEF

In land mine warfare, automatically rendering a mine inoperable and therefore safe to handle by the exhaustion of a component essential to the operation of the mine.

OBS

This process may be reversed by the replacement of the exhausted component, for example a battery.

OBS

self-deactivation: term and definition standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • self deactivation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre des mines
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Mines terrestres
DEF

En guerre des mines terrestres, processus automatique qui rend une mine inopérante et donc manipulable en toute sécurité par l'épuisement irréversible d'un élément essentiel à son fonctionnement.

OBS

La mine peut être réactivée par remplacement du composant épuisé, par exemple la pile.

OBS

autodésactivation : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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