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WSV [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Arms Control
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

The WS3 system consists of a weapons storage vault(WSV) and electronic monitoring and control systems built into the concrete floor of a specially-secured hardened aircraft shelter.

OBS

weapon security and survivability system; WS3: designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • weapon survivability and security system
  • weapon storage and security system
  • weapon security and storage system
  • weapons security and storage system
  • weapons survivability and security system
  • weapons security and survivability system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle des armements
  • Systèmes d'armes
OBS

système de sécurité et de survie des armes : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • système de survie et de sécurité des armes

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Animal Biology
  • Aquaculture
CONT

The disease, which causes premature death in the crustaceans, was capable of totally destroying a pond full of prawns in just 3 months of infection ... The disease, which has no effect on humans, was believed to have been caused by a recent prolonged dry spell and has reportedly hit prawn breeders from southern Thailand and Indonesia.

OBS

The causative agent is white spot syndrome virus(WSSV) or white spot virus(WSV), potentially lethal to most of the commercially cultivated penaeid shrimp species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Biologie animale
  • Aquaculture
CONT

(Aux fins du présent Code ...), les espèces hôtes sensibles à la maladie des points blancs sont les suivantes : tous les crustacés décapodes (ordre des Decapoda) vivant en eau de mer, en eau saumâtre ou en eau douce. La maladie des points blancs est une maladie potentiellement mortelle pour la plupart des crevettes pénaeidés (famille des Penaeidae) élevées à des fins commerciales.

Spanish

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