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Terms for subject Military (73214 entries)

Nuclear Planning System	NPS
Nuclear Posture Review	NPR
Nuclear Power Training	NPT
Nuclear Powered Aircraft Carrier	CVN
nuclear radiation	Particulate and electromagnetic radiation emitted from atomic nuclei in various nuclear processes. The important nuclear radiations, from the weapon standpoint, are alpha and beta particles, gamma rays, and neutrons. All nuclear radiations are ionizing radiations, but the reverse is not true; X-rays for example, are included among ionizing radiations, but they are not nuclear radiations since they do not originate from atomic nuclei.
Nuclear Research Council	NRC
Nuclear Risk Reduction Center	NRRC
nuclear safety line	Line beyond which all friendly forces have to be positioned by the time of the friendly nuclear strike. It is chosen according to clear features of the terrain.
nuclear strike area	Parts of the beaten zone on which are launched the nuclear strikes.
Nuclear Strike Information Center	NSIC
Nuclear Strike Target Graphic	NSTG
nuclear strike warning	A warning of impending friendly or suspected enemy nuclear attack.
nuclear surface burst	An explosion of a nuclear weapon at the surface of land or water or above the surface, sufficiently low for the fireball to touch the surface.
Nuclear Targeting Policy Review	NTPR
Nuclear Test Ban	NTB
Nuclear Test Directorate	NTD
Nuclear Test Facility	NTF
Nuclear Test Monitoring Working Group	NTMWG
Nuclear Test Site	NTS
nuclear underground burst	Nuclear explosion in which the center lies beneath the surface of the ground.