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Across
  1. 2. material the elements plutonium and uranium whose atoms split apart and release energy
  2. 4. assured destruction the possession of second strike nuclear capabilities, which ensures that neither of two adversities could prevent the other from destroying it in an all-out war
  3. 5. missile a small winged missile that can navigate across thousands of miles of previously mapped terrain to reach a particular targets it can carry a nuclear or conventional war head.
  4. 9. warfare the use of electromagnetic spectrum in war, such as employing electromagnetic for its own benefit and denying it to the enemy
  5. 13. projection the ability to use military forces in areas far from a country’s region or sphere of influence
  6. 15. treaty it created a framework for controlling the spread if nuclear materials and expertise, including the international atomic energy agency.
  7. 17. technology the use of special radar-absorbent materials and unusual shapes in the design or aircrafts, missiles and ships to scatter enemy radar.
  8. 18. missile the major strategic delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons
  9. 19. conversions the use of former military facilities and industries for new civilian production.
Down
  1. 1. weapons convention it prohibits the development, production, and possession of biological weapons, but makes no provision for inspections.
  2. 3. technology control regime a set of agreements through which industrialized states try to limit the flow of missile-relevant technology to third world states
  3. 4. governments states in which military forces control the government; most common in third world countries, where the military may be the only large modern institution.
  4. 6. the spread of weapons of mass destruction into the hands of more destruction.
  5. 7. foot soldiers who use assault rifles and other light weapons
  6. 8. of mass destruction nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons, all distinguished from conventional weapons by their enormous potential lethality, and by their relative lack of discrimination in whom they kill.
  7. 10. weapons convention it bands the production and possession of chemical weapons and includes strict verification provisions and the threat of sanctions against violators and against nonparticipants in the treaty
  8. 11. d’état french for “blow against the state”, it refers to the seizure of political power but domestic military forces.
  9. 12. mines concealed explosives devices, often left behind by irregular armies, which kill or maim civilians after wars end
  10. 14. defense initiative a US effort, also known as “star wars”, to develop defenses that could shoot down incoming ballistic missiles.
  11. 16. of command a hierarchy of officials through which states control military forces