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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
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
Military; Arms control
Agency of the Department of Defense that serves as the Department of Defense’s focal point for addressing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. Seeks to reduce the threat to the United ...
Defense Treaty Inspection Readiness Program (DTIRP)
Military; Arms control
Department of Defense arms control awareness program which develops and provides services and products to assist program, facility, and site managers in the protection of national security, ...
demonstration flight
Military; Arms control
Flight which may be requested under the Treaty on Open Skies to verify sensors comply within treaty limits or in accordance with aircraft certification material and data.
Department of Commerce (DOC)
Military; Arms control
Executive Branch department of the Federal Government that promotes and administers domestic and foreign commerce. Also, lead agency for coordinating verification activities of commercial industrial ...
detailed/draft facility agreement (DFA)
Military; Arms control
Agreement or arrangement between a State Party and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) technical secretariat relating to a specific facility subject to on-site inspection ...
director of central intelligence (DCI)
Military; Arms control
Head of the Central Intelligence Agency and primary advisor to the President and the National Security Council on national foreign intelligence; appointed by the President with the consent of the ...
director-general (DG)
Military; Arms control
Head and chief administrative officer of the technical secretariat of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), and of the provisional technical secretariat of the ...
