Usaf Course 15 Set A Book 3 Version 1 Edition 3

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Combatant Commander (CCDR)

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receive orders from the CJCS under the authority and direction of the SecDef.

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Secretary of Defense (SecDef)

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the principal assistant to the President in all matters related to the DOD

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President

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Armed Forces serve under this control

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Joint Task Force (JTF)

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established when a mission has a specific limited objective and designated by the SecDef, a CCDR, a subordinate unified CDR, or an existing JTF CDR.

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Combat Support Agency (CSA)

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provide combatant commanders specialized support and operate in a supporting role. Executive authority of this position resides with the Secretary of Defense.

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National Security council (NSC)

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under the chairmanship of the President, coordinates foreign policy, defense policy, and reconcile diplomatic and military commitments and requirements.

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Chairman of the Joint Cheifs of Staff (CJCS)

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principal military advisor to the President, the NSC, and the SecDef.

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National Security

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a collective term encompassing both national defense and foreign relations of the United States.

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The US military operates under a single chain of command with two distinct branches. Name the two branches.

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Operational Branch, Administrative Branch

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Which commands are authorized by the SecDef through the CJCS and are established as geographic or functional commands?

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Subordinate Unified Commands

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What are the three primary roles of the sister services?

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Organizing, training, and equipping forces for assignment to Unified Combatant Commands.

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USTRANSCOM

United States Transportation Command

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Tasked with the coordination of people and transportation assets to allow the US to project and sustain forces, whenever, wherever, and for as long as they are needed.

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USEUCOM

United States European Command

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Responsible for US military relations with NATO and conducts military operations, international military partnering, and interagency partnering to enhance transatlantic security and defend the United States forward.

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USNORTHCOM

United States Northern Command

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Plans, organizes and executes homeland defense and civil support missions.

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USSTRATCOM

United States Strategic Command

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Charged with space operations, information operations, missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

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USCENTCOM

United States Central Command

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AOR includes Egypt.

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AMC

Air Mobility Command

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Provides airlift and aerial refueling for all of America’s armed forces.

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PACAF

Pacific Air Force

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Organize, trains, equips, and maintains resources prepared to conduct a broad spectrum of air operations in the DoD’slargest area of responsibility.

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USAFE

US Air Forces in Europe

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Executes the U. S. European Command mission with forward-based air power.

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AFSOC

Air Force Special Operations Command

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Responsible for the readiness of Air Force special operations.

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ACC

Air Combat Command

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Organizes, trains, equips, and deploys ready forces to support combatant commands around the globe.

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AETC

Air Education and Training Command

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Recruit Airmen and provide all types and levels of education and training to Airmen. Provide professional military and degree-granting professional education.

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AFGCS

Air Force Global Strike Command

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Develops and provides combat-ready forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations.

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AFMC

Air Force Materiel Command

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Delivers war-winning technology, acquisition support, sustainment and expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter.

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AFRC

Air Force Reserve Command

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Conducts fixed-winged aerial spray missions. Fly hurricane hunter missions and administratively responsible for the AF individual mobilization augmentee program.

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AFSPC

Air Force Space Command

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Responsible for overseeing Air Force network operations to provide capabilities in, through and from cyberspace; manage a global network of satellites.

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What is the custom if you are driving on an Army post during retreat?

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stop your vehicle, get out, come to the position of attention, and render a hand salute.

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What is the custom if you are approached on a military installation by a vehicle carrying a flag with one or more stars?

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you must stop, face the vehicle, come to the position of attention, and render a hand salute. You may drop your salute once the vehicle passes

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USSOCOM

United States Special Operations Command

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Conducts several covert and clandestine missions, such as unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, psychological operations, civil affairs, direct action, counter-terrorism and war on drugs operations.

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Coast Guard's core values

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Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty

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Army's core values

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Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless, Honor, Integrity, Personal Courage

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Navy/Marine's core values

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Honor, Courage, Commitment

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Military Theory

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the scientific, artistic, and philosophical idea or view relating to principles, methods, rules, and operations of war.

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Principles of War

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“those aspects of warfare that is universally true and relevant.” They are: unity of command, objective, offensive, mass, maneuver, economy of force, security, surprise, and simplicity.

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Air Force Doctrine

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a statement of officially sanctioned beliefs, war fighting principles, and terminology that describes and guides the proper use of air, space, and cyberspace power in military operations.

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U.S. Strategy

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the art and science of developing and employing instruments of national power in a synchronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or multinational objectives

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Tactical

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describes the proper employment of specific Air Force assets, individually or in concert with other assets, to accomplish detailed objectives

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Operational

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guides the proper organization and employment of forces in the context of distinct objective, force capabilities, and broad functional areas

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_____________________ and _____________________ focus on deterring war, resolving conflict, promoting peace, irregular warfare, national disasters, and supporting civil authorities in response to domestic crisis.

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Crisis response, contingency operations

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homeland defense

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The protection of U.S. sovereignty, territory, domestic population, and critical defense infrastructure against external threats and aggression.

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civil support

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DOD support to U.S. civil authorities for domestic emergencies and for designated law enforcement and other activities.

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adversarial crisis

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An operation in which there is an enemy that our energies are being directed toward.

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non-adversarial crisis

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Term used to describe how operational Airmen accomplish missions that are not war but responses to a crisis or contingency.

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A Joint Interagency, Intergovernmental, Multinational environment is often referred to as _____________?

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joint

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A series of activities, operations, or organizations in which elements of two or more military departments participate to achieve strategic and operational objectives within a given time and space is known as a ________________________?

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Joint Campaign

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traditional warfare

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A confrontation between national states or coalitions/ alliances of nation-states.

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irregular warfare

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A violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations

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crisis

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an incident or situation involving a threat to a nation

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Air Force Doctrine

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statement of officially sanctioned beliefs

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Traditional Warfare

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force on force military operations in which adversaries employ a variety of conventional military capabilities

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"doctrine is authoritative, but not ______?

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directive

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tactical

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type of doctrine that changes the fastest

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Principles of War

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aspects of warfare that is universally true and relevant

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Irregular Warfare

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violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over relevant populations

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US Strategy

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defines how operation will be conducted to accomplish national policy objectives

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Joint

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activities, operations, organizations in which elements of two or more military departments participate

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contingency

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an anticipated situation that likely would involve military forces in response to natural and man-made disasters

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campaign

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series of related major operations aimed at achieving strategic or operational objectives

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Language and Communication

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verbal & non-verbal

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Political and Social Relations

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status & leadership

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Sustenance and Health

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food & drink production

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Religion and Spirituality

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rituals

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Economics and Resources

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redistribution

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Family and Kinship

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children

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History and Myth

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creation

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Sex and Gender

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roles

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List two significant events that occurred in the history of nuclear weapons.

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Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin Airlift, Hiroshima

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nuclear deterrence

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the prevention from action by fear of consequences

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Deterrence = _______ x Will x _______

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Capability, Perception

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Nuclear proliferation

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The rapid increase or spread of nuclear weapons and nuclear material, technology, and information to nations that aren’t recognized by NWS

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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

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An effort by members to detect, secure, and dispose of weapons of mass destruction

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Nuclear Weapon State (NWS)

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A nation that has nuclear weapons and the capability for their employment

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Nuclear surety

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Materiel, personnel, and procedures that contribute to the security, safety, and reliability of nuclear weapons and to the assurance that there will be no nuclear weapon accidents, incidents, unauthorized weapon detonations, or degradation in performance at the target

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Name the key components of nuclear surety.

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Security, safety and reliability

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Individual reliability encompasses two processes: ______________________ ensures that those persons whose behavior demonstrates integrity, reliability, and are trustworthy to the United States shall be allowed to perform duties associated with nuclear weapons; _________________ requires the presence at all times two PRP individuals perform tasks and duties associated with the nuclear weapon.

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personnel reliability program (PRP), two-person concept

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What was the purpose of creating the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) in 2009?

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execute nuclear weapons with precision when called upon by our nation, ensure oversight of the nuclear mission of the US Air Force, Restore our country's and our allies' faith in our ability to safeguard nuclear assets

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The Air Force Global Strike Command operates two new commands that encompass two numbered Air Forces: ____________ Air Force, which is responsible for all nuclear-capable ____________; and the ____________ Air Force, which is responsible for all ____________.

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8th, bombers; 20th, ICBMs

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List two current regional nuclear security issues that are of concern to the United States.

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Iran's nuclear weapons program & north korea's development and tests of nuclear weapons

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Weapons Storage Areas (WSAs)

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Heavily secured areas inside the perimeter of a base commonly referred to as igloos

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Prime Nuclear Airlift Force (PNAF)

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Peacetime support of logistical airlift; specially trained C-130 and C-17 aircrews and support personnel

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Weapons Storage and Security System (WS3)

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Includes electronic monitoring and controls and weapons storage vaults built into the floor of a Protective Aircraft Shelter

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Launch Control Center (LCC)

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Deep underground structure of reinforced concrete and steel in a blast and pressure protected hardened capsule

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Missile silo

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Underground, vertical cylindrical container; physically hardened and protected by a large "blast door" on top

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Nuclear surety

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Materiel, personnel, and procedures that contribute to the safety, security, reliability, and control of nuclear weapons

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Key components of nuclear surety

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Safety, security, and reliability

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Two-person concept

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Two certified personnel knowledgeable in the task and are capable of detecting incorrect acts

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Personnel Reliability Program (PRP)

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Ensures only those persons whose behavior demonstrates integrity, reliability, trustworthiness, allegiance, and loyalty to the United States shall be allowed to perform duties associated with nuclear weapons

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Deterrence

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State of mind brought about by the existence of a credible threat of unacceptable counteraction

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Factors of the deterrence equation

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Capability, will, and perception

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Nuclear proliferation

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Activities by non-members of the Non-proliferation Treaty to secure, transport, and employ weapons of mass destruction.

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Nuclear non-proliferation

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Acts by members of the NPT to detect, secure, and dispose of these weapons

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Nuclear Weapons State (NWS)

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Has manufactured and exploded a nuclear weapon or other nuclear explosive device prior to 1 January 1967.

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Name two incidents that led to the US Air Force reemphasizing the nuclear enterprise

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the unauthorized movement of nuclear weapons and the misshipment of sensitive missile components