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Appendix A
Glossary
Demilitarization The act of rendering something useless for any military purpose. The
act of destroying the military offensive or defensive advantages inherent in certain types
of equipment or material. The term includes mutilation, dumping at sea, cutting,
crushing, scrapping, melting, burning, or altering; [demilitarization is] designed to
prevent the further use of this equipment and material for its originally intended military
or lethal purpose. The term applies equally to material in unserviceable or serviceable
condition that has been screened through an inventory control point and declared surplus
or foreign excess (DLA, 2004).
Disposal The elimination of rocket motors by any means, e.g., demilitarization,
destruction, recycling. End of life tasks or actions for residual materials resulting from
demilitarization or disposition operations (DoD, 2010). The process of reutilizing,
transferring, donating, selling, destroying, or other ultimate disposition of personal
property (DLA, 2004).
Off-site Disposal of rocket motors away from the Blue Grass Army Depot at a
commercial or a government facility.
On-site Disposal of rocket motors at the Blue Grass Army Depot.
Separated rocket motor The entire section of an M55 rocket aft of the warhead, after
separation by the rocket cutting machine. Includes the motor case, propellant, fins and
various miscellaneous parts, and the fore closure.
Storage risk The risk of an adverse incident in storage. As applied to chemical weapons
it refers mainly to the risk of a chemical agent leak developing. As applied to the M55
rockets it refers mainly to the risk of an autoignition event in a storage igloo or magazine
due to propellant degradation.
REFERENCES
DLA (Defense Logistics Agency). 2004. DoD 4160.21-M: Defense Materiel Disposition
Manual, May 28. Available online at http://www.dla.mil/dlaps/dod/416021m/
guide.asp. Last accessed June 19, 2012.
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DoD (Department of Defense). 2010. DENIX Unexploded Ordnance (UXO): Glossary
A-D, December 22. Available online at http://www.denix.osd.mil/uxo/UXO411/
GlossaryAD.cfm. Last accessed June 19, 2012.
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