Combating WMD Flashcards

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  1. What does CBRN stand for?
  2. What is the definition of a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD)?
  3. What joint publication provides doctrine for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction?
  4. What are the three pillars of the CWMD framework?
  5. What is nonproliferation?
  6. What is counterproliferation?
  7. What is consequence management in the CWMD context?
  8. What is the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)?
  9. Which countries have not signed the NPT?
  10. What is the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)?
  11. What is the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC)?
  12. Name the four categories of chemical warfare agents with an example of each.
  13. What are nerve agents and how do they work?
  14. What is the immediate treatment for nerve agent exposure?
  15. What are biological warfare agents and how are they categorized?
  16. What makes biological weapons particularly challenging to detect?
  17. What is the difference between a radiological and a nuclear weapon?
  18. What are the effects of a nuclear detonation?
  19. What is a 'dirty bomb' (Radiological Dispersal Device/RDD)?
  20. What are the three principles of radiation protection?
  21. What is the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI)?
  22. What role does the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) play in CWMD?
  23. What is the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) program?
  24. What are WMD delivery systems?
  25. What is the difference between decontamination types: immediate, operational, and thorough?
  26. What is MOPP and what are the MOPP levels?
  27. What detection equipment is used for chemical agents?
  28. What detection equipment is used for radiological/nuclear threats?
  29. What is the WMD-Civil Support Team (CST)?
  30. What are indicators of potential WMD use by a terrorist organization?
  31. What is 'dual-use' technology in the WMD context?
  32. What is the Australia Group?
  33. What is the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR)?
  34. What are the key response actions in the first hour after a suspected WMD incident?
  35. What is the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)?
  36. What is the 'comprehensive approach' to CWMD?

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