Arms control

Arms control

The international restrictions on the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation, and usage of weapons, especially weapons of mass destruction. Arms control is usually exercised through international treaties and agreements that impose arms limitations among consenting parties.

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standing operating procedures (sop)

Military; Arms control

Set of instructions covering those features of operations that lend themselves to a definite or standardized procedure without loss of effectiveness. Procedure is applicable unless ordered otherwise.

state party (SP)

Military; Arms control

State or nation legally bound by a treaty (or agreement) either through ratification or accession to the treaty.

susceptibility

Military; Arms control

Arms control operations security process that determines whether or not a particular treaty provides or denies an inspection team access to a particular facility.

synthetic aperture radar (SAR)

Military; Arms control

Under the Open Skies Treaty, observation aircraft may be equipped with sideways-looking synthetic aperture radar. SAR is a high resolution ground mapping technique which takes advantage of the ...

systematic verification

Military; Arms control

Chemical Weapons Convention term encompassing on-site inspection (including the continuous presence of inspectors) and monitoring with on-site instruments. Chemical weapons (CW) storage, production, ...

taxi option

Military; Arms control

Under the Treaty on Open Skies, a treaty provision that gives the observed Party the right to demand that its observation aircraft, along with its flight crew and sensors, be used to carry out an ...