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Division Bombs, torpedoes, rockets, missiles, other explosive devices and charges and related equipment and accessories, as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

United Kingdom

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  1. a..

    Bombs, torpedoes, grenades, smoke canisters, rockets, mines, missiles, depth charges, demolition-charges, demolition-devices, demolition-kits, ‘pyrotechnic’ devices, cartridges and simulators (i.e. equipment simulating the characteristics of any of these items), specially designed for military use;

    Note:

    ML4.a. includes:

    1. a..

      Smoke grenades, fire bombs, incendiary bombs and explosive devices;

    2. b..

      Missile rocket nozzles and re-entry vehicle nosetips.

  2. b..

    Equipment having all of the following:

    1. 1..

      Specially designed for military use; and

    2. 2..

      Specially designed for the handling, controlling, activating, powering with one-time operational output, launching, laying, sweeping, discharging, decoying, jamming, detonating, disrupting, disposing or detecting of any of the following:

      1. a..

        Items specified by ML4.a.; or

      2. b..

        Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).

    Note 1:

    ML4.b. includes:

    1. a..

      Mobile gas liquefying equipment capable of producing 1 000 kg or more per day of gas in liquid form;

    2. b..

      Buoyant electric conducting cable suitable for sweeping magnetic mines.

    Note 2:

    ML4.b. does not apply to hand-held devices, limited by design solely to the detection of metal objects and incapable of distinguishing between mines and other metal objects.

  3. c..

    Aircraft Missile Protection Systems (AMPS).

    Note:

    ML4.c. does not apply to AMPS having all of the following:

    1. a..

      Any of the following missile warning sensors:

      1. 1..

        Passive sensors having peak response between 100-400 nm; or

      2. 2..

        Active pulsed Doppler missile warning sensors;

    2. b..

      Countermeasures dispensing systems;

    3. c..

      Flares, which exhibit both a visible signature and an infrared signature, for decoying surface-to-air missiles; and

    4. d..

      Installed on ‘civil aircraft’ and having all of the following:

      1. 1..

        The AMPS is only operable in a specific ‘civil aircraft’ in which the specific AMPS is installed and for which any of the following has been issued:

        1. a..

          A civil Type Certificate; or

        2. b..

          An equivalent document recognised by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO);

      2. 2..

        The AMPS employs protection to prevent unauthorised access to ‘software’; and

      3. 3..

        The AMPS incorporates an active mechanism that forces the system not to function when it is removed from the ‘civil aircraft’ in which it was installed.

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