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General military terms.

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Minehunting

Military; General military

Employment of sensor and neutralisation systems, whether air, surface, or subsurface, to locate and dispose of individual mines. Minehunting is conducted to eliminate mines in a known field when ...

Acoustical surveillance

Military; General military

Employment of electronic devices, including sound-recording, -receiving, or -transmitting equipment, for the collection of information.

Biological warfare

Military; General military

Employment of biological agents to produce casualties in personnel or animals, or damage to plants or materiel; or defence against such employment.

Emergency supplies preloaded in landing craft, amphibious vehicles, or in landing ships. Floating dumps are located in the vicinity of the appropriate control officer, who directs their landing as ...

Domestic emergencies

Military; General military

Emergencies affecting the public welfare and occurring within the 50 states, District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, US possessions and territories, or any political subdivision thereof, ...

Counterdeception

Military; General military

Efforts to negate, neutralize, diminish the effects of, or gain advantage from a foreign deception operation. Counterdeception does not include the intelligence function of identifying foreign ...