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54 Cards in this Set
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The quality or state of being accountable is called? |
Accountability |
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A quality or state of being moral, legal, or mentally accountable is called? |
Responsibility |
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The act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal or regime or coercion is called? |
Compliance |
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Conformity to fulfill official requirements or dispositions to yield to others is called? |
Compliance |
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Something which one is responsible: burden, is called? |
Responsibility |
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An obligation or willingness to accept responsibility or to account for ones actions is called? |
Accountability |
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History of Nuclear Enterprise
America felt left with two options to end the fighting with Japan, what were they? |
1. Initiate a mass invasion of the Japanese islands. 2. The atomic bomb |
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Who was the first person to describe the potential to harness nuclear energy and its dangers in a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in August 1939? |
Dr. Albert Einstein |
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The scientist who took part in creating the atomic bomb were part of the infamous ______ project? |
Manhattan Project |
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Why is 16 July 1945 significant? |
The team of British and American scientist working in the Los Alamos R&D Lab in New Mexico detonated the first nuclear explosive device. |
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Who delivered the atomic bombs, with what aircraft and what were the bombs names? |
The Army Air Corps delivered the first atomic bomb. B-29 Bomber Little Boy Fat Man |
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What two Japanese cities were destroyed by the atomic bomb? |
Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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True or False The two B-29s to drop the atomic bomb were named Enola Gay and Scar. |
False, Enola Gay and Bockscar. |
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Fill in the Blank
On ____ August ____, Japan surrendered ending the ____ war. |
14 1945 Great |
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The Cold War with Russia would be remember as a nuclear _____. |
Stand-off |
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The Cold War nuclear standoff began with the ______. |
Berlin Airlift in June 1948 |
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What was the US Air Forces first major challenge after being designated a separate military branch? |
The Berlin Airlift. |
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Why and how does the military use nuclear weapons? |
To Preserve Peace To Orchestrate War As a Deterrence- Prevention |
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How are nuclear weapons used as a deterrence? |
By instilling fear of the possible consequences. This will prevent those with ill intentions from pursuing, procuring, and employing nuclear weapons. |
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Fill in the Blank The Air Force Nuclear Enterprise consist of _____, ______, procedures, and systems to conduct, execute and support nuclear weapon _____ and _____. |
People Processes Systems Operations |
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True or False The Nuclear Enterprise is built upon a defined mission and infrastructure that requires specific intellectual and technical competencies. |
True |
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What is the Air Forces commitment in regards to the nuclear enterprise? |
Commitment to a cultural mindset that it is necessary to provide reliable, safe, and responsive execution of the Nation's nuclear deterrence capabilities. |
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In order to understand the organizational structure of the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise you must be able to define ______, _____, & _____. |
The weapon systems, nuclear weapons related material and nuclear mission areas. |
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The nuclear weapons system includes... |
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (Minuteman 3) Nuclear Capable Bombers (B-52 and B-2) |
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Define Nuclear Weapon Related Material (NWRM) |
Select nuclear combat delivery system components and use control equipment that are designed sensitive, or needed to authorize, pre-arm, arm, launch, release, or target a nuclear weapon or needed to maintain and protect system integrity. |
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Identify the NWRM Items Power Supplies Convoys Fuse Assemblies Printed Wiring Boards Weapons Storage Areas |
Power Supplies Fuse Assemblies Printed Wiring Board |
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Identify examples of Nuclear Mission Flight line with nuclear bombers Underground facilities Nuclear Training Warheads Circuit Card Assemblies Prime Nuclear Airlift Force |
Flight lines with nuclear bombers Underground facilities Prime Nuclear Airlift Force |
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Physical employment of nuclear weapons is a form of ______. |
Strategic Attack |
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Define Strategic Attack |
An offensive action to achieve national strategic objectives. |
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True or False Air Force assets account for 3/4 of the weapons of the US Nuclear Triad. |
False, Air Force assets account for 2/3 of the weapons. |
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What is the difference between the new triad and the old triad? |
The new triad has more than just ICBMs, Bombers and Submarine-launched ballistic missiles. The new triad has offensive and defensive strategic capabilities. |
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What are included in the new triads offensive and defensive strategy? |
Nuclear and non-nuclear strike capabilities Active and passive defenses Robust R&D Industrial infrastructure to develop, build, maintain offensive forces and defense systems. |
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What supports the new triad? |
Enhanced command and control (C2) Intelligence Adaptive planning capabilities |
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True or False Employment of nuclear weapons at any level requires orders from any combatant commander. |
False, explicit orders must be given by the President. |
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Define Deterrence Theory |
A state of mind brought about by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction. |
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What are the 3 inter-related factors of deterrence? Write the equation. |
Capability Will Perception
Deterrence= Capability x Will x Perception |
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What extends deterrence to uphold security of other friendly nations? |
Nuclear Umbrella |
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True or False 1. The Nuclear Umbrella grants security and confidence to our allies. 2. The Nuclear Umbrella is about retaliation. 3. The Nuclear Umbrella is about convincing the enemy they are unlikely to achieve political and military objectives by attacking the US and its allies. |
True False True |
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What has been attributed to the 60 years not a single nuclear weapon has been employed? |
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
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What does the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty provide? |
1. A definition for a Nuclear Weapon State. 2. Provides Security for Non-Nuclear Weapon States 3. Incentives to sign |
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What article and paragraph of the NPT defines a NWS as "one which has manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device prior to 1 Jan. 1967"? |
Article IX, Paragraph 3 |
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What is NPT's main objective? |
To limit the spreed of nuclear weapons. |
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Proliferation includes activities by ______ of the NPT to _____, ______ and _______ WMD. |
non-members, secure, transport, employ |
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Non-proliferation includes actions by ______ of the NPT to _____, ______, and ______ of WMD. |
members, detect, secure, dispose |
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Name the 5 nuclear weapon states who are also permanent members of UN Security Council. |
US, UK, Russia, Peoples Republic of China, France |
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Name the 4 sovereign states who have not subscribed to the NPT.
How many countries are subscribed to the NPT? |
India, Israel, Pakistan, North Korea
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True or False The 4 sovereign states that have not signed the NPT are classified as nuclear weapon states and do not have nuclear weapons. |
False, the 4 sovereign states declare they do have nuclear weapons and are classified as non-nuclear states. |
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Why is it difficult to enforce the NPT? |
States claim they are in pursuit of nuclear energy as a source of electrical power. It is cleaner and produces less waste. |
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What are the two steps in the nuclear fuel cycle that are of concern for WMD. |
1. Highly enriched uranium from the uranium enhancement process that occurs in early stages of the cycle.
2. The later stages when the input fuel decays into plutonium. |
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True or False Highly enriched uranium can be used to generate energy and cannot be used in nuclear weapons.
Plutonium when skimmed off could be accumulated to build an implosive bomb. |
False, HEU is commonly used for bombs and warheads and not required to generate energy. This statement describes low enriched uranium.
True |
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How can the risk factors of nuclear energy as an electrical power source be mitigated? |
1. Remove uranium enrichment process from fuel cycle. 2. Develop nuclear reactors that are "proliferation proof" |
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Nuclear Surety Program consist of |
Materials, personnel, and procedures that contribute to the safety, security, reliability, and control of nuclear weapons. |
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3 Key Elements of Nuclear Surety |
1. Safety 2. Security 3. Reliability |
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True or False Nuclear Surety applies to all nuclear- related material, personnel, and procedures to ensure no nuclear accidents, incidents, loss, theft, or unauthorized or accidental employments occur. |
True |
