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RADIOLOGICAL WARFARE [2 records]

Record 1 2003-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Operations
DEF

Warfare involving weapons that produce radioactivity,such as atomic bombs and shells.

OBS

radiological warfare; RW: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations CBRNE
DEF

Guerre où l'on utilise des armes qui produisent de la radioactivité, telles que des bombes et des obus atomiques.

OBS

guerre radiologique; GRad : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Radioactive Contamination
DEF

Method of warfare through which massive damage would be caused to persons through the dissemination of radioactive substances, such as those that could be released by attacks on nuclear facilities, and not by the use of nuclear weapons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Pollution par radioactivité
DEF

Méthode de combat consistant à causer des dommages massifs aux personnes par la diffusion de substances radioactives comme celles qui se dégageraient à la suite d'attaques contre des installations nucléaires et non pas par des attaques à l'arme nucléaire.

OBS

Reproduit du lexique «Disarmament and Peace Keeping/Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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