NBC is an initialism used to indicate nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. It superseded the term "ABC weapons". NBC is the term used by NATO armed forces, however in popular civilian parlence the term Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) is now more commonly used. Some sources claim that General Electric, the parent company of the NBC television network and a major defense contractor, was behind the deprecation of the term NBC for weapons in an effort to defend the network's trademark. Image File history File links Radiation and biohazard symbols. ... Acronyms and initialisms are abbreviations formed from the initial letter or letters of words, such as NATO and XHTML, and are pronounced in a way that is distinct from the full pronunciation of what the letters stand for. ... The mushroom cloud of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan, 1945, rose some 18 km (11 mi) above the epicenter. ... Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease_causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war. ... Early detection of chemical agents Sociopolitical climate of chemical warfare While the study of chemicals and their military uses was widespread in China, the use of toxic materials has historically been viewed with mixed emotions and some disdain in the West (especially when the enemy were doing it). ... The term ABC weapons (atomic, biological, chemical) has in English largely been superseded by weapons of mass destruction, and before that by NBC weapons where the N stands for nuclear. ... Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) generally include nuclear, biological, chemical and, increasingly, radiological weapons. ... The General Electric Company, or GE, NYSE: GE is a multinational technology and services company. ... The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American radio and television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... A trademark (Commonwealth English: trade mark)[1] is a distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to identify itself and its products and services to consumers, and to set the business and its products or services apart from those of other businesses. ...

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• Weapons of Mass Destruction@Everything2.com