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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Sequential inspection

Military; Arms control

An inspection that follows a previous inspection by the same inspection team during one stay in country through the same point of entry.

Shrouding

Military; Arms control

Process of covering and/or concealing sensitive, classified, or proprietary assets to protect them from an inspection team.

Signatory

Military; Arms control

Nation, state, or other party which has signed a treaty or other agreement.

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 ...

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 ...

Chemical weapons production facility (CWPF)

Military; Arms control

Under the Chemical Weapons Convention, any equipment, as well as any building housing such equipment, designed, constructed, or used at any time since January 1, 1946, as part of the stage in the ...