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Peace keeping
Hybrid of politico-military interventions aimed at conflict control usually with the involvement of the United Nations presence in the field by military and civilian personnel.
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Tailing
Military; Peace keeping
A kind of vehicle patrol or mobile surveillance, in which the military observers follow openly a vehicle of interest.
Kevlar
Military; Peace keeping
A synthetic (aramid) fibre of very high tensile strength, woven into bulletproof vests, moulded into solid sheets of lightweight armour (from aircraft to helmets)
Military load classification (MLC)
Military; Peace keeping
A standard system in which a route, bridge or raft is assigned class number(s) representing the load it can carry; vehicles are also assigned class number(s) indicating the minimum class of route, ...
United Nations Stand-by Arrangements System (UNSAS)
Military; Peace keeping
A system that provides the UN with a database containing military units of member states which can in principle be made available to the UN at short notice.
War game
Military; Peace keeping
A simulation, by whatever means, of a military operation involving two or more opposing forces, using rules, data, and procedures designed to depict an actual or assumed real life situation.
Tactical air control party (TACP)
Military; Peace keeping
A subordinate operational component of a tactical air control system designed to provide air liaison to land forces and to control aircraft.
Transport dispatch and control unit
Military; Peace keeping
A special unit that allocates vehicles to the mission's various components, issues pool vehicles; the officer heading the unit is usually a FS
