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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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chemical weapons storage facility (CWSF)
Military; Arms control
Facility where chemical weapons are stored. Subject to inspection under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
combat aircraft
Military; Arms control
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a fixed-wing or variable-geometry wing aircraft armed and equipped to engage targets by employing guided missiles, unguided ...
combat helicopter
Military; Arms control
As defined in the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a rotary wing aircraft armed and equipped to engage targets or equipped to perform other military functions. Treaty-limited ...
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Military; Arms control
Association established December 8, 1991, by Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine as the successor to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in its role of coordinating the foreign and economic ...
communications security (COMSEC)
Military; Arms control
Protection resulting from all measures designed to deny unauthorized persons information of value, which might be derived from the possession and study of telecommunications, or to mislead ...
compliance
Military; Arms control
Activities conducted which: 1) support implementation of an arms control agreement; 2) are not in violation of provisions of an arms control agreement; or 3) ensure existing and future programs and ...
Compliance Review Group (CRG)
Military; Arms control
Department of Defense working group designed to conduct an executive-level review of compliance issues. Established for each arms control agreement as needed. Meets on an ad hoc basis to address ...
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