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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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Arms control
armored combat vehicle (ACV)
Military; Arms control
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a self-propelled vehicle with armored protection and cross-country capability. Includes armored personnel carriers, armored ...
armored infantry fighting vehicle (AIFV)
Military; Arms control
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, an armored combat vehicle designed and equipped primarily to transport a combat infantry squad, which normally provides the capability ...
armored infantry fighting vehicle look-alike
Military; Arms control
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, an armored vehicle based on the same chassis as, and externally similar to, an armored infantry fighting vehicle, which does not have ...
armored personnel carrier (APC)
Military; Arms control
As defined in the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, an armored combat vehicle designed and equipped to transport a combat infantry squad and which, as a rule, is armed with an ...
armored personnel carrier look-alike
Military; Arms control
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, an armored vehicle based on the same chassis as, and externally similar to, an armored personnel carrier, which does not have a cannon ...
arms control implementation unit (ACIU)
Military; Arms control
Defense Threat Reduction Agency On-Site Inspection Directorate unit, located within United States embassies in Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, and Ukraine, designed to aid U.S. inspection teams during ...
artillery
Military; Arms control
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), large caliber systems capable of engaging ground targets by delivering primarily indirect fire. Large caliber artillery systems ...
