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ARME DISPERSION [3 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
DEF

A specific type of dispenser weapon that remains affixed to or held within the aircraft during dispensing and dispersion of the associated submunitions or submunition clusters.

OBS

captive dispenser weapon: designation and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Type particulier d'arme à dispersion qui reste fixée à l'aéronef ou maintenue à l'intérieur de celui-ci pendant la phase de distribution et de dispersion des sous-munitions ou grappes de sous-munitions.

OBS

arme à dispersion captive : désignation et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

Any device, including a weapon or equipment other than a nuclear explosive device, specifically designed to employ radioactive material by disseminating it to cause destruction, damage or injury by means of the radiation produced by the decay of such material.

OBS

[Radiological dispersal devices] can be used to fulfill a wide variety of purposes and assume a number of different forms. [They] could consist of simply hiding a sealed radioactive source in an unsuspected place. Another technique is to embed radioactive material in a bomb with conventional explosives.

OBS

dirty bomb: Although the designation "dirty bomb" is often used as a synonym for "radiological dispersal device," it is in fact only one type of such a device.

OBS

radiological dispersal device; RDD: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
DEF

Tout dispositif, incluant les armes ou de l'équipement autre que les armes nucléaires explosives, spécialement conçu pour disperser des matières radioactives en vue de détruire, de causer des dommages ou des blessures suite à la désintégration des matières qui le composent.

OBS

bombe sale : Bien que la désignation «bombe sale» soit souvent utilisé comme synonyme de «dispositif de dispersion radiologique», il s'agit en effet d'un seul type de ce dispositif.

OBS

engin de dispersion radiologique; RDD : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bombs and Grenades
DEF

An expendable aircraft store composed of a dispenser and submunitions.

OBS

cluster bomb unit: term and definition standardized by NATO.

OBS

cluster bomb unit; CBU: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bombes et grenades
DEF

Charge largable emportée par aéronef, composée d'un distributeur et de sous-munitions.

OBS

arme à dispersion : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

arme à dispersion : terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie française du Conseil de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et le Groupe de travail de terminologie des munitions.

OBS

arme à dispersion; CBU : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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