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DEFENSE ANTIMISSILES BALISTIQUES [3 records]

Record 1 2019-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

ballistic missile defence; BMD: designations standardized by NATO.

Key term(s)
  • ballistic missile defense

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

défense contre les missiles balistiques; BMD; défense contre missiles balistiques; BMD : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

It includes a large network of satellites that are launched in peacetime by launch vehicles that comprise the first three stages of the MX ICBM booster. Capable of defending cities and countries, the GBMD system may provide defense with international financial and political support.

Key term(s)
  • global ballistic missile defence system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
Key term(s)
  • système mondial de défense anti-missiles balistiques
  • système mondial de défense antimissile balistique
  • système mondial de défense anti-missile balistique

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Weapons
  • Missiles and Rockets
DEF

A system designed to destroy strategic ballistic missiles or their warheads before they reach their targets.

CONT

To develop a ballistic missile defense (BMD) system with comprehensive defensive coverage against attacks, a system characterized by both ground-based and space-based elements.

OBS

ballistic missile defence system; anti-ballistic missile defence system: terms and definition extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • antiballistic missile defense system
  • antiballistic missile defence system
  • ABM defence system
  • anti-ballistic missile defense system
  • ABM defense system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes orbitales
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

système de défense antimissile balistique; système de défense ABM : termes tirés du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Key term(s)
  • système de défense antimissiles balistiques

Spanish

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