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ARME NON MEURTRIERE [1 record]

Record 1 2024-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Lethal Weapons
DEF

A weapon that is explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate or repel persons or to disable equipment, while minimizing fatalities, permanent injury and damage to property and the environment.

OBS

non-lethal weapon; NLW: designations and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

non-lethal weapon; NLW: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces and by the Army Terminology Panel.

Key term(s)
  • non lethal weapon
  • non lethal arm
  • nonlethal arm

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes non meurtrières
DEF

Arme explicitement conçue et principalement utilisée pour neutraliser ou repousser des personnes ou pour neutraliser des équipements, tout en réduisant au maximum les accidents mortels, les lésions permanentes et les dégâts aux biens et à l'environnement.

OBS

arme non létale; ANL : désignations et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

OBS

arme non létale; ANL : désignations uniformisées par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes et par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie de l'Armée de terre.

Spanish

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