NBC weapons

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weapon of mass destruction - a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons)

W.M.D., WMD

bioarm, biological weapon, bioweapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"

chemical weapon - chemical substances that can be delivered using munitions and dispersal devices to cause death or severe harm to people and animals and plants

atomic weapon, nuclear weapon - a weapon of mass destruction whose explosive power derives from a nuclear reaction

weapon, weapon system, arm - any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting; "he was licensed to carry a weapon"

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

high explosive - a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate

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ammunition atomic warhead atomic weapon balance of terror bioarm biological weapon bioweapon chemical weapon counterproliferation crisis management Foreign Intelligence Service health threat high explosive nuclear weapon on-scene commander residual capabilities assessment sea echelon plan Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki SVR	1) There is little, if any, discrimination made between the military application of NBC weapons by a nation-state such as North Korea or Pakistan and the terrorist application of CBRN hazards against noncombatant targets, despite the disparity in mass, sophistication, and impact of the two threats. The new threat of unconventional warfare by Mauroni, Albert J. / Joint Force Quarterly military officers, for example, have declared that they would not condone nuclear retaliation under any circumstances, even if NBC weapons were used against the United States. The emerging biocruice threat by Kiziah, Col Rex R. / Air & Space Power Journal She argues that the potential for nonstate actors to acquire, develop, deploy, and use NBC weapons is growing. Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, ... by Beyoghlow, K.A. / Naval War College Review	naysayer naysaying Nayt Nayward Nayword Nazarene Nazareth Nazarite Nazariteship Nazaritic Nazaritism Nazca Naze Nazi Nazi Germany Nazi Party Nazification Nazify Naziism Nazimova Nazirite Nazism NB NBA NBC NBC weapons NbE NBG NbW NC NC-17 NCAA NCC NCCL NCDC NCEA NCIS NCM NCO NCP NCVO Nd NDE NDEA Ndebele Ndjamena Ndola Ndongo NDP NDT NE	NBC protection NBC protection NBC protection NBC Radio NBC Radio NBC Radio NBC radio network NBC radio network NBC radio network NBC Red NBC Red NBC Red NBC Red Network NBC Red Network NBC Red Network NBC SCC NBC suit NBC television NBC television NBC television NBC UGVS NBC Universal NBC warfare NBC warfare NBC warfare NBC warfare NBC Weapon NBC Weapon NBC Weapon NBC Weapon NBC weapons NBC ZCC NBC-HIS NBC-LEO NBC-PC NBC-WMD NBC1 NBCA NBCAA NBCAL NBCAM NBCAP NBCB NBCBA NBCBME NBCBN NBCC NBCCA NBCCAM NBCCC NBCCCIA NBCCD NBCCEDP NBCCF NBCCGA

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residual capabilities assessment
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1) There is little, if any, discrimination made between the military application of NBC weapons by a nation-state such as North Korea or Pakistan and the terrorist application of CBRN hazards against noncombatant targets, despite the disparity in mass, sophistication, and impact of the two threats.

The new threat of unconventional warfare by Mauroni, Albert J. / Joint Force Quarterly

military officers, for example, have declared that they would not condone nuclear retaliation under any circumstances, even if NBC weapons were used against the United States.

The emerging biocruice threat by Kiziah, Col Rex R. / Air & Space Power Journal

She argues that the potential for nonstate actors to acquire, develop, deploy, and use NBC weapons is growing.

Planning the Unthinkable: How New Powers Will Use Nuclear, ... by Beyoghlow, K.A. / Naval War College Review

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weapon of mass destruction
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