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MINE BARRIER [2 records]

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Record 1 2021-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

Impervious membranes have been used in conjunction with mine opening seals. A membrane should extend a sufficient distance past the perimeter of an opening to provide an effective barrier encompassing mining-induced fractures and open joints.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
  • Mine Warfare
  • Field Engineering (Military)
DEF

In barrier operations, the ability of a user to actuate a charge or change the state of a mine, from a distance.

OBS

In minewarfare, this ability is divided into: Remote Control Level 1. Ability of a user to change, from a distance, the state of a mine from standby state to armed. Remote Control Level 2. Ability of a user to change, from a distance, the state of a mine from standby state to armed and vice versa. Remote Interrogation Capability. The ability of a mine to respond to a remote interrogation on its state, either armed or standby. This capability may be superimposed on either Level 1 or Level 2, and may be indicated by the suffix (I).

OBS

remote control: term and definition officially approved by the Engineering Terminology Working Group.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Guerre des mines
  • Génie (Militaire)
DEF

Dans la mise en œuvre de système d'obstacles, la capacité pour un utilisateur de déclencher à distance une charge ou de modifier l'état d'une mine.

OBS

Pour une mine, la commande à distance se subdivise en : Niveau 1. L'aptitude à réagir à la réception d'un stimulus de commande à distance en passant de l'état de veille à l'état armé. Niveau 2. L'aptitude de réagir comme au niveau 1 et celle supplémentaire de revenir de l'état armé à l'état de veille, lors de la réception d'un stimulus émis à distance. Capacité d'interrogation à distance. Celle d'une mine de répondre à une interrogation à distance sur son état : armé ou de veille. Cette capacité peut se superposer à celle du niveau 1 ou du niveau 2. Elle est indiquée par l'ajout du suffixe : I.

OBS

télécommande : terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

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