biological and chemical weapons

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• nuclear, biological, and chemical-capable nation — A nation that has the capability to produce and employ one or more types of nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons across the full range of military operations and at any level of war in order to achieve political and military objectives …   Military dictionary

• nuclear, biological, and chemical environment — Environments in which there is deliberate or accidental employment, or threat of employment, of nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons; deliberate or accidental attacks or contamination with toxic industrial materials, including toxic… …   Military dictionary

• nuclear, biological, and chemical defense — Defensive measures that enable friendly forces to survive, fight, and win against enemy use of nuclear, biological, or chemical (NBC) weapons and agents. US forces apply NBC defensive measures before and during integrated warfare. In integrated… …   Military dictionary

• Chemical weapons in World War I — A poison gas attack using gas cylinders in World War I. The use of chemical weapons in World War I ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas and the severe mustard gas, to lethal agents like phosgene and chlorine. This chemical warfare… …   Wikipedia

• Chemical Weapons Convention — ▪ 1993, UN Introduction formally  Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on Their Destruction        international treaty that bans the use of chemical weapons (chemical weapon)… …   Universalium

• Chemical Weapons Convention — Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction Drafted September 3, 1992[1] Signed January 13, 1993[1] Location Paris and New York[ …   Wikipedia

• weapons of mass destruction — nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attested by 1946, apparently first used (in Russian) by the Soviets. The terms weapons of mass destruction and WMD mean chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, and chemical, biological, and nuclear… …   Etymology dictionary

• Chemical warfare — For other uses, see Chemical warfare (disambiguation). This article forms part of the series Chemical agents Lethal agents Blood agents Cyanogen chloride (CK) …   Wikipedia

• Biological warfare — For the use of biological agents by terrorists, see bioterrorism. Weapons of mass destruction …   Wikipedia

• biological weapon — Introduction also called  germ weapon        any of a number of disease producing agents such as bacteria, viruses (virus), rickettsiae (rickettsia), fungi (fungus), toxins (toxin), or other biological agents that may be utilized as weapons… …   Universalium

• Chemical weapon proliferation — Nation CW Possession Signed CWC Ratified CWC Albania Known January 14, 1993 May 11, 1994 Burma (Myanmar) Possible January 13, 1993 No …   Wikipedia