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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ratification

Military; Arms control

Declaration by which a nation formally accepts, with or without reservation, the content of an arms control treaty or agreement.

recategorization

Military; Arms control

Under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, process for the conversion of multipurpose attack helicopters into combat support helicopters by the permanent removal of specified features ...

requested perimeter

Military; Arms control

Initial requested perimeter specified by the inspection team during a challenge inspection under the Chemical Weapons Convention. The requested perimeter is presented to the inspected State Party ...

requesting state party observer (RSO)

Military; Arms control

Representative of the requesting State Party, or a third State Party, designated by that State Party to observe the conduct of a challenge inspection under the Chemical Weapons Convention.

resolution

Military; Arms control

Under the Open Skies Treaty, measurement of a sensor’s capability to distinguish between detached objects. Indicates the minimum distance required for detached objects to be distinguished as separate ...

restricted area

Military; Arms control

Under the Treaty on Open Skies, an airspace of defined dimensions, above the territory of a State Party, within which the flight of aircraft is restricted in accordance with specified conditions. ...

riot control agent (RCA)

Military; Arms control

Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, any chemical not listed in a Schedule which can rapidly produce in humans sensory irritation or disabling physical effects that disappear within a short time ...