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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Operations security (OPSEC)

Military; Arms control

Process of identifying critical information and subsequently analysing friendly actions attendant to military operations and other activities to: 1) identify those actions which can be observed by ...

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

Military; Arms control

International organisation established by the Chemical Weapons Convention to ensure implementation of the Convention's provisions, including those for verification of compliance with the Convention, ...

Passive overflight module (POM)

Military; Arms control

A component of the Open Skies Management and Planning System used in conjunction with the Transportable Operational Planning System for planning Treaty on Open Skies passive missions. Compares the ...

Operations plan (OPLAN)

Military; Arms control

Plan for a single or series of connected procedures to be carried out simultaneously or in succession. Usually based on stated assumptions, and the form of directive used by higher authorities to ...

Passive quota

Military; Arms control

Under the Open Skies Treaty, the passive quota is the number of observation flights each State Party must receive as an observed Party. The allocation of individual passive quotas can be found in the ...

Passive mission for the united states

Military; Arms control

Under the Open Skies Treaty, another State Party performing as the observing State Party overflying the United States; may be flying their own aircraft or U.S. aircraft (it is the United States' ...

Overflight

Military; Arms control

A confidence-building measure permitted by treaties such as the Treaty on Open Skies, Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe, and the Chemical Weapons Convention.