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ML17.Miscellaneous equipment, materials and "libraries", as follows, and specially designed components therefor:

List
Wassenaar Arrangement – Munitions List – WA-LIST (25) 1
a. Diving and underwater swimming apparatus, specially designed or modified for military use, as follows:
1. Self-contained diving rebreathers, closed or semi-closed circuit;
2. Underwater swimming apparatus specially designed for use with the diving apparatus specified in ML17.a.1.;
N.B. See also 8.A.2.q. on the Dual-Use List.
b. Construction equipment specially designed for military use;
c. Fittings, coatings and treatments, for signature suppression, specially designed for military use;
d. Field engineer equipment specially designed for use in a combat zone;
e. "Robots", "robot" controllers and "robot" "end-effectors", having any of the following characteristics:
1. Specially designed for military use;
2. Incorporating means of protecting hydraulic lines against externally induced punctures caused by ballistic fragments (e.g., incorporating self-sealing lines) and designed to use hydraulic fluids with flash points higher than 839 K (566°C); or
3. Specially designed or rated for operating in an 'Electromagnetic Pulse' ('EMP') environment;
Technical Note
For the purposes of ML17.e.3., 'EMP' does not refer to unintentional interference caused by electromagnetic radiation from nearby equipment (e.g., machinery, appliances or electronics) or lightning.
f. "Libraries" specially designed or modified for military use with systems, equipment or components, specified in the Munitions List;
g. Nuclear power generating equipment or propulsion equipment, not specified elsewhere, specially designed for military use and components therefor specially designed or 'modified' for military use;
Note ML17.g. includes "nuclear reactors".
h. Equipment and material, coated or treated for signature suppression, specially designed for military use, not specified elsewhere in the Munitions List;
i. Simulators specially designed for military "nuclear reactors";
j. Mobile repair shops specially designed or 'modified' to service military equipment;
k. Field generators specially designed or 'modified' for military use;
l. ISO intermodal containers or demountable vehicle bodies (i.e., swap bodies), specially designed or 'modified' for military use;
m. Ferries, not specified elsewhere in the Munitions List, bridges and pontoons, specially designed for military use;
n. Test models specially designed for the "development" of items specified in ML4., ML6., ML9. or ML10.;
o. "Laser" protection equipment (e.g., eye or sensor protection) specially designed for military use;
p. "Fuel cells", not specified elsewhere in the Munitions List, specially designed or 'modified' for military use.
Technical Note
1. Not used since 2014
2. For the purposes of ML17., 'modified' means any structural, electrical, mechanical, or other change that provides a non-military item with military capabilities equivalent to an item which is specially designed for military use.