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radiological warfare

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radiological warfare [¦rād·ē·ə¦läj·ə·kəl ′wȯr‚fer]
(ordnance)
The employment of agents or weapons to produce residual radioactive contamination, as distinguished from the initial effects of a nuclear explosion (blast, thermal, and initial nuclear radiation).


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``The reason I talk is just to give them a brief description of being in the military, the motivation that it took to come back alive and that they should apply it to their own life,'' said Fabela, who is a firefighter, fire inspector and a member of the chemical, biological and radiological warfare team aboard the Peleliu.
Grave concern was also expressed regarding "any use of nuclear wastes that would constitute radiological warfare and have grave implications for the national security of all States".
The Assembly expressed grave concern (47/52 D) regarding any use of nuclear wastes that would constitute radiological warfare and have grave implications for States' national security, as well as the recently reported effort to dump harmful wastes in Somalia.
 
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