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Record 1 2018-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

Tests of nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles are rarer still. The United States’ only test of an operational ballistic missile with a live warhead was fired from submarine far out in the Pacific Ocean in 1962.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes
CONT

La tête active est une charge creuse, montée sur un corps cylindrique creux contenant la charge propulsive et terminé à l'arrière par une tuyère centrale et un empennage de stabilisation.

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Titles
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Ballistics
OBS

The Ballistic Missile Early Warning System(BMEWS) became the first operational missile detection radar in 1959. The BMEWS system would provide long-range, immediate warning of a missile attack over the polar region utilizing stations in the northern hemisphere.

OBS

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System; BMEWS: designations to be used by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Balistique
OBS

Ballistic Missile Early Warning System; BMEWS : désignations d'usage obligatoire à l'OTAN.

OBS

Système de détection lointaine des missiles balistiques : La traduction littérale est fournie à titre d’information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Exercises
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

An operation not directly related to immediate operational readiness. It includes removal of a weapon from its normal storage location, prepared for use, delivery to an employment unit, the movement in a ground training exercise to include loading aboard an aircraft or missile and return to storage. It may include any or all of the operations listed above, but does not include launching or flying operations. Typical exercises include aircraft generation exercises, ground readiness exercises, ground tactical exercises, and various categories of inspections designed to evaluate the capability of the unit to perform its prescribed mission.

OBS

nuclear weapon exercise: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exercices militaires
  • Armes CBRNE
DEF

Opérations qui n'entrent pas dans les dispositions relatives à l'alerte immédiate opérationnelle. Elles consistent à : enlever une arme nucléaire de son lieu de stockage normal, la préparer en vue de son emploi, la livrer à une unité d'emploi, s'en servir pour un exercice d'entraînement qui peut inclure son chargement à bord d'un missile ou d'un avion, la rapporter au dépôt. Elle peuvent comprendre une ou l'ensemble des opérations indiquées ci-dessus, mais ne comprennent aucune opération de largage ou de vol. Les exercices types comprennent : la préparation des avions, le contrôle de l'état d'alerte au sol, des exercices tactiques au sol et différentes catégories d'inspection destinées à évaluer la capacité d'une unité à s'acquitter de sa mission.

OBS

exercice de préparation d'une arme nucléaire : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ejercicios militares
  • Armas QBRNE
DEF

Operaciones no relacionadas directamente con la disposición operativa inmediata del arma. Incluyen la extracción del arma de su lugar de almacenamiento, la preparación para su empleo, la entrega a la unidad que la va a emplear, el movimiento, en un ejercicio de instrucción, incluyendo su carga en un avión o misil y su retorno al lugar de almacenamiento. Puede incluir el ejercicio una o varias de las operaciones citadas pero no su lanzamiento. Los ejercicios típicos son: los de disposición terrestre, aérea o táctica y los distintos tipos de inspección para evaluar la capacidad de la unidad para llevar a cabo su misión.

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Record 4 2014-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

... the tactical division developed the world's only operational ramjet missile : the ASMP medium-range nuclear missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

[...] la dissuasion par la mise en œuvre de l'ASMP (missile nucléaire air/sol moyenne portée) [...]

PHR

Missile nucléaire air-sol moyenne portée amélioré, missile ASMP-A.

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Spacecraft
  • Surveillance, Detection and Reconnaissance (Military)
DEF

A constellation of sensor satellites under development by the Air Force which, within the context of NMD [National Missile Defense], would acquire and track ballistic missiles throughout their flight and provide the first estimate of their trajectory to the BMC2 system [Battle Management, Command and Control system].

OBS

SBIRS operational requirements include four mission areas of missile warning, missile defense, technical intelligence, and battlespace characterization.

OBS

Spaced-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) will replace the current Defense Support Program (DSP) and will be a consolidated, cost-effective, flexible system designed to meet U.S. infrared (IR) space-based surveillance and warning needs through the next two or three decades.

Key term(s)
  • space based infrared system
  • Space based IR System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Surveillance, détection et reconnaissance (Militaire)
OBS

Système infrarouge basé dans l'espace : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A missile which has been accepted by the using services for tactical and/or strategic use.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
DEF

Engin qui a terminé avec succès ses essais techniques et militaires et est accepté pour emploi opérationnel.

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Materiel Management
CONT

Second line electronic maintenance of Crotale is carried out using the Direct Support Equipment(DSE) contained in this shelter and on the trailer shown right. The shelter contains an operational loader, a teleprinter and test program tapes, measuring instruments and stimuli generator, while the trailer mounts a telescopic collimation mast with equipment used to simulate an in-flight missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du matériel militaire

Spanish

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Record 9 1988-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Advanced Technology Weapons
CONT

The Western World’s first combat-ready, ultra-low-level missile defence system, Rapier is deployed with units of the British Army and RAF Regiment ...

OBS

Rapier: A low-level antiaircraft guided-weapon system produced by the British Aircraft Corporation for the British Army and the RAF.

OBS

Rapier, British Aerospace : British surface-to-air missile. Rapier became the West's first operational second-generation low-level air-defence system when it was declared to NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe(SACEUR) in January 1964, having evolved through a long and troubled history.

Key term(s)
  • ultra-low-level missile defense system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Armes de haute technicité

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
CONT

The strategists have also endured the protection of Moscow by constructing the only existing operational anti-ballistic missile system : the so-called Galosh system, based on the 100 interceptor missiles and six radar complexes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales

Spanish

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Record 11 1985-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

Engins opérationnels (OTAN).

Spanish

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Record 12 1984-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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