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IED EVENT [1 record]

Record 1 2014-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Operations
DEF

An event that involves any of the following types of improvised explosive device related actions or activities: explosion, attack, attempted attack, find, hoax, false alarm or turn-in.

OBS

improvised explosive device event; IED event : term and shortened form officially approved by the Army Terminology Panel; term, shortened form and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations CBRNE
DEF

Évènement comportant l'un des types d'action ou d'activités suivants de lutte contre les dispositifs explosifs de circonstance : une explosion, une attaque, une tentative d'attaque, une découverte, un canular, une fausse alerte ou une remise.

OBS

IED : dispositif explosif de circonstance.

OBS

EEI : engin explosif improvisé.

OBS

évènement IED : terme uniformisé par le Groupe d’experts en terminologie de l’Armée de terre; terme et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

Spanish

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