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CNS SPECIALE [3 records]

Record 1 2021-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
DEF

A low-yield, man-portable atomic demolition munition which is detonated by a timer.

CONT

... the army further increased its nuclear capability by deploying the first atomic demolition munition (ADM). ADMs (and later, special atomic demolition munitions, or SADMs, and medium atomic demolition munition, or MADMs) were low-yield weapons (sub-1 kiloton to 15 kilotons) designed to be emplaced by special forces and commando teams behind enemy lines to destroy bridges, tunnels, harbors, dams, airfield, command posts, transportation and communication hubs and fuel depots, or to create obstacles to disrupt the movement of enemy forces ...

OBS

special atomic demolition munition; SADM: designations extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
OBS

munition de destruction atomique spéciale : désignation tirée du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Personal y servicios (Transporte aéreo)
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Record 3 2017-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
OBS

European Civil Aviation Conference.

OBS

CNS/ATM: communications, navigation, and surveillance/air trafic management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
OBS

CNS/ATM : communications, navigation et surveillance/gestion du trafic aérien.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Personal y servicios (Transporte aéreo)
OBS

CNS/ATM: comunicaciones, navigación y vigilancia/gestión del tránsito aéreo.

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