counterproliferation


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counterproliferation

Those actions (e.g., detect and monitor, prepare to conduct counterproliferation operations, offensive operations, weapons of mass destruction, active defense, and passive defense) taken to defeat the threat and/or use of weapons of mass destruction against the United States, our military forces, friends, and allies. Also called CP. See also nonproliferation.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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While some Army nuclear and counterproliferation officers assist with offensive nuclear planning and some Army special operations and intelligence personnel assist with counterproliferation efforts, these personnel number in the low hundreds.
When it comes to bio security, this necessitates expanding the lens through which we view the threat picture beyond the traditional terrorist, counterproliferation concerns that we've had--and our long-running concern about biological weapons--to also focus on criminal groups who could exploit powerful manufacturing processes that are coming on-line in synthetic biology and other areas in order to make a profit.
The Latvian financial watchdog said that in collaboration with the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Counterproliferation Center it had identified three Latvian banks which had not complied with the provisions of the AML/CTF regulatory framework.
Prior to joining MTA, Aaron spent nine years as a non- proliferation and counterproliferation consultant to Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice.
military experts from the International Counterproliferation Program (ICP), the workshop covered themes such as border security, technology, and threat assessment.
Traditional and innovative new approaches to nonproliferation and counterproliferation are important policy elements to reduce the risk of malfeasant application of technology.
Zadruhe, primarne unilateralni proaktivne zamerene vojenske iniciativy proti sireni ZHN (counterproliferation), ktere zahrnuji mimo jine i pripravu na boj v prostredi ZHN a jejich preemptivni ci preventivni eliminaci.
Nuclear Weapons Counterproliferation: A New Grand Bargain criticizes the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as no longer capable of stopping the spread of weapons that can literally destroy the world.
Air Force Counterproliferation Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Post remarked that: "According to bin Laden's fatwah, it is not bin Laden, but God, who has ordered religious Muslims to kill all the Americans, God, for whom bin Laden speaks with authority."
His announcement on Wednesday is intended to ensure that his nuclear counterproliferation agenda remains at the center of his foreign policy legacy, following the conclusion of a Strategic Nuclear Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia during his first term.
George Michael is Associate Professor of Nuclear Counterproliferation and Deterrence Theory in the U.S.
Joseph De Trani, former head of the National Counterproliferation Center, predicted U.S.