radiological warfare agent
11Weapon of mass destruction — For the Hip hop album, see Weapons of Mass Destruction (album). Weapons of mass destruction …
12Chemical Corps — Seal of the Chemical Corps The Chemical Corps is the branch of the United States Army tasked with defending against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons. The corps was founded as the Chemical Warfare Service during World …
13chemical weapon — Introduction any of several chemical compounds, usually toxic agents, that are intended to kill, injure, or incapacitate enemy personnel. In modern warfare, chemical weapons were first used in World War I (1914–18), during which gas warfare …
14biological weapon — Introduction also called germ weapon any of a number of disease producing agents such as bacteria, viruses (virus), rickettsiae (rickettsia), fungi (fungus), toxins (toxin), or other biological agents that may be utilized as weapons… …
15List of United States Marine Corps MOS — The Marine Corps s Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) is a system of categorizing career fields. The standard structure of an MOS identifier is a 4 digit number, with the first two being the category, and the second two being the career within …
16Dugway Proving Ground — testing area encompasses a vast area of the western Utah desert. Dugway Proving Ground (DPG) is a US Army facility located approximately 85 miles (140 km) southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah in southern Tooele County and just north of… …
17Chemical Corps (United States Army) — The Chemical Corps is the branch of the United States Army that defends against Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) weapons. Founded as the Chemical Warfare Service in WW1, it became the Chemical Corps in 1946.HistoryEarly… …
18Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
19Biosafety level — A biosafety level is the level of the biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed facility. The levels of containment range from the lowest biosafety level 1 (BSL 1) to the highest at level 4 (BSL 4) …
20war — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. &v. See warfare. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. conflict, fighting, hostilities, combat; see battle 1 ; fight 1 . Types of wars include: air, guerrilla, shooting, ground, sea, amphibious, three dimensional,… …
