Coding Munitions List Items
Abstract
This is one in a series of reports resulting from our audit of the Controls Over the Reutilization, Transfer, and Donation of Munitions List Items (Project No. 5FJ-5024). The Director, Defense Logistics Agency, requested the audit because he was concerned that munitions list items might be released outside DoD without proper controls. Appendix B summarizes the results of the first two reports, which concern the Navy' 5 management of the transfer of reclaimable aircraft to museums and Army controls over the disposition of excess helicopters and parts. A report concerning the disposal of munitions list items in the possession of Defense contractors will be issued as well. Munitions list items are military articles that require special handling at disposal to prevent their unauthorized use by domestic or foreign purchasers. Special handling instructions are provided by means of assigning a demilitarization code to each item at the time the item is accepted into the DoD inventory. Munitions list items can range from major weapon systems (tanks) to key components (spring mechanisms in firearms) of the related weapon systems. The Military Departments control munitions list items in their possession at disposal through demilitarization or by following trade security policies. Demilitarization controls are intended to destroy or render useless the military characteristics of certain types of munitions list items, while trade security controls are designed to reduce the possibility of illegal exports of munitions list items.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 16, 1997
- Accession Number
- ADA369508
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense