23. Directed energy weapon systems (DEW), related or countermeasure
equipment and test models, as follows, and specially designed
components therefor:
- "Laser" systems specially designed for destruction or effecting
mission-abort of a target;
- Particle beam systems capable of destruction or effecting mission-abort
of a target;
- High power radio-frequency (RF) systems capable of destruction or
effecting mission-abort of a target;
- Equipment specially designed for the detection or identification
of, or defence against, systems controlled by a., b. or c.;
- Physical test models and related test results for the systems, equipment
and components controlled by this Item.
Note 1 |
Directed energy weapon
systems controlled by this Item include systems whose capability
is derived from the controlled application of:
- "Lasers" of sufficient continuous wave
or pulsed power 10 effect destruction similar to the manner of
conventional ammunition;
- Particle accelerators which project a
charged or neutral particle beam with destructive power;
- High pulsed power or high average power
radio frequency beam transmitters which produce fields sufficiently
intense to disable electronic circuitry at a distant target.
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Note 2 |
This Item includes the following
when specially designed for directed energy weapon systems:
- Prime power generation, energy storage, switching, power conditioning
or fuel-handling equipment;
- Target acquisition or tracking systems;
- Systems capable of assessing target damage, destruction or
mission-abort;
- Beam-handling, propagation or pointing equipment;
- Equipment with rapid beam slew capability for rapid multiple
target operations;
- Adaptive optics and phase conjugators;
- Current injectors for negative hydrogen ion beams;
- "Space qualified" accelerator components;
- Negative ion beam funnelling equipment;
- Equipment for controlling and slewing a high energy ion beam;
- "Space qualified" foils for neutralising negative hydrogen
isotope beams.
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24. "Software", as follows:
- "Software" specially designed or
modified for the "development". "production" or "use" of equipment or
materials controlled by this List;
- Specific "software", as follows:
- "Software" specially designed for:
- Modelling, simulation or evaluation of military weapon systems;
- Development. monitoring, maintenance or up-dating of "software"
embedded in military weapon Systems;
- Modelling or simulating military operation scenarios, not controlled by Item 14;
- Command, Communications, Cpntrol and Intelligence (C3I) applications;
- "Software" for determining the effects of conventional, nuclear,
chemical or biological warfare weapons.
25. "Technology" according to the General
Technology Note - Munitions List for the "development", "production"
or "use" of items controlled in this List, other than that "technology"
controlled in ML Items 7 and 18.
26. High velocity kinetic energy weapon systems and related equipment,
as follows, and specially designed components therefor:
- Kinetic energy weapon systems specially designed for destruction
or effecting mission-abort of a target;
- Specially designed test and evaluation facilities and test models,
including diagnostic instrumentation and targets, for dynamic testing
of kinetic energy projectiles and systems;
(For weapon systems using sub-calibre ammunition or
employing solely chemical propulsion, and ammunition therefor, see Items
1, 2, 3 and 4).
Note 1 |
This Item includes the following when specially
designed for kinetic energy weapon systems:
- Launch propulsion systems capable of accelerating masses larger
than 0.1 g to velocities in excess of 1.6 km/s, in single or
rapid fire modes;
- Prime power generation, electric armour, energy storage, thermal
management, conditioning, switching or fuel-handling equipment;
and electrical interfaces between power supply, gun and other
turret electric drive functions;
- Target acquisition, tracking. fire control or damage assessment
systems;
- Homing seeker, guidance or divert propulsion (lateral acceleration)
systems for projectiles.
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Note2 |
This Item controls weapon systems using any of the following
methods of propulsion:
- Electromagnetic;
- Electrothermal;
- Plasma;
- Light gas; or
- Chemical (when used in combination with any
of the above).
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Note 3 |
This Item does not control "technology" for magnetic
induction for continuous propulsion of civil transport devices.
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