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MAGNETIC READ HEADS: What De Lure Electronics manufactures (Brainwash)
MAGNETIC SENSOR: Security device that Birkoff deactivates on a Section One mission in Brussels (AZ)
MAIN MISSION PROFILE: Nikita claimed there was a change in her main mission profile that meant she must return to Section One (OBT)
MAITAN: Target of Section One mission for which Walter has already received a profile (ITLG)
MANDATORY REFUSAL: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
MAN IN THE MIDDLE: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
MARKER: Tracker that can be placed on a target, the person can then be tracked from the ground or by satellite (Noise)
MEET: Short for meeting, "He has a meet...." (Charity)
MENAGE A TROIS: Plan Walter had for Nikita, but he spelled it with a "w" (Love)
MERCY: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
MERIGO MISSION: Section One mission that Nikita is assigned to lead after she returns from Liberia (ITLG)
METHOBARBITOL: Drug Madeline has injected into Kessler when she begins to interrogate him, it causes tightening in the chest (Gambit)
MICRO CARTRIDGES: Ammunition shells that can carry tranquilizer darts (Nikita)
MICRODISK: A small computer disk on which the Directory may have been stored (Gray)
MICROTRANSMITTER: Device injected into Rudy to keep track of him after he leaves Section One (Innocent)
MICROWAVE UPLINK: Device for vocal communication with Section One (Noise)
MID-GAME ABORT: Cancellation of a Section One mission in progress (AZ)
MIDTOWN YOUTH SHELTER: Shelter started by Alec Chandler. (Charity)
MINYON: Section One mission where Michael “got what he needed.” (ITLG)
MISSING: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
MISSION PROFILE: Plan created by Section One to carry out a mission (Nikita)
MISSION VAN: Large windowless van with high-tech equipment in which Section One operatives travel and from which missions can be monitored (Noise)
MOBILE: Department of Section One that loaded the van (BIS)
MOBILE CONTROL TEAM MEMBERS: Section One operatives who monitor missions from within the van (Mercy)
MONOLUX DISK: Recording disk that Michael uses to record Nikita. If Birkoff opens it, he'll be detected. (GOOR)
MORPHINE: Addictive narcotic derived from opium given to Shays to get him to cooperate (Mercy)
MOSSAD: Israeli intelligence, Section One was able to monitor their intelligence (Mother)
MOTHER: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
MULTI-CHANNEL TRANSMITTER: Device Michael needs from Walter (GOOR)
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N3: Device that a Section One operative got from Giles (OBT)
N85: Security system used at the site of a mission to find Chu (TET)
NAIL: The nail that stands up gets hammered, old saying from Klodno (Rescue)
NATO: North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Section One works with their intelligence services (Brainwash). They expect a report from Oversight, George wants them to think they are getting one (AGT)
NEST TEAMS NRC: Operatives trying to locate a nuclear warhead (Innocent)
NEURAL ENGINEERING: Process that allows the alteration of a subject's brain (GOOR)
NEURO SHOCK: Interrogation method Nikita claims she underwent when held by Freedom League (HL)
NEUTRALIZE: Euphemism for kill (Choice)
NEW REGIME: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
NIKITA: Title of Season One episode. To read transcript, click here.
NINE-MILLIMETER: Gun hidden in the floor of the mission van (Noise)
NOT WAS: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
NOISE: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
NON-OPERATIONAL PROFILE: Intel that covers time in which the subject is not engaged in terrorism (Gambit)
NO ONE LIVES FOREVER: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
NRC: Nuclear Regulatory Commission helping to look for a nuclear warhead (Innocent)
NSA: National Security Agency. Section One turns Shays and Spidel over to them after obtaining the new explosive (Mercy). To read more about the NSA, click here.
NUCLEAR RESEARCH LAB: Site of a Freedom League kidnapping in Lyons (HL)
NUCLEAR TRIGGER: A trigger that is just as valuable as a warhead, stolen by John and Helen Wicke (Mother)
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OBSERVATION: Medical lab in which Nikita stayed after she was brought back into Section One (HL)
OBSESSED: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
OBSTRUCTIVE EMOTIONS: Emotions such as sympathy, fear, and love are what Adrian tells Michael he must stimulate in Nikita to obstruct the Gelman process (ITLG)
OCULAR THERAPY: Process that is necessary to maintain the Gelman process (VOTG)
OF COURSE: One of Michael's favorite responses (Gray)
OFF PROFILE (1): Activity during a Section One mission that was not planned in the mission profile (PWF)
OFF PROFILE (2): Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
OFFSET TEAM: Team of Section One operatives providing backup from a remote location (BIS)
OLD HABIT: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
ON BORROWED TIME: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
ONE HOUR: Amount of time Operations will take to deliver money to Hardin (Gray)
ONE LAYER OUT: Situation when a Section One team is not in the same space as its target, thus incurring more collateral and less control if they attack (TPR)
ONE-SIDED SECURITY HOLD: A system that requires a person to be inside a perimeter in order to breach security (AZ)
ON-MARK: Verbal remark of a Section One operative when they have reached their assigned position during a mission (Noise)
OPEN HEART: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
OPENING NIGHT JITTERS: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
OPERATION ROSEWOOD: A covert task force operating within the CIA, assigned to stem distribution of heroin into North America and Europe. (Choice)
OPERATIVE: A trained employee of Section One (Treason)
OUTSIDE TEAM: A group of Section One operatives guarding the perimeter on a mission (Noise)
OUTSIDE THE BOX: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
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P6: Equipment used by Section One (TP)
PARALLEL TEAMS: Section One mission teams attacking two sites at the same time (AZ)
PARITY CHECK: Method for detecting error in data communications or within a computer system by counting the number of ones or zeros per byte or per word, including a special check bit (parity bit) to see if the value is even or odd. Greg uses a parity check to make sure two devices are in sync (TET)
PAZZO PIZZA: Pizza company that Rudy worked for (Innocent)
PDA: Personal Data Assistant, a portable computer (Nikita)
PERCH: Operations's office overlooking the hub of Section One’s main area. A cryo-stasis lab tech says a signal is a request from "The Perch" (TANM)
PERIMETER SECURITY: Area around a target. If it's too tight, Section has to work from the inside (Charity)
PERIMETER TEAM: A group of Section One operatives guarding the perimeter on a mission (Noise)
PHASING SHELL: Brainwashing device found in Reilly's apartment and transported to Section One for examination (Brainwash)
PIGGY-BACK: A team’s second mission that runs immediately after the first mission is completed without time to get back to Section One for new materials or intel (TET)
PLASTIQUE: A type of explosive (Nikita)
PLAYING WITH FIRE: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
POINT ONE, POINT TWO...: Position a Section One operative moves to during a mission (Mercy)
POLY: Architecture school attended by Gray Wellman (Gray)
POLYMER: A compound of high molecular weight, used as a type of explosive Shays developed (Mercy)
P.O.S.: Possibility Of Success (SO)
POSITION: Location of a Section One operative during a mission (Mercy)
PRESERVED: Synonym for capturing a prisoner alive. Ex. "The target has been secured." (PWF)
PRIMARY TEAM: A group of Section One operatives closest to the action during a mission (Noise)
PRIMITIVE LOG-IN: Birkoff's description of Soldat de la Liberte's security problem (AMN)
PRIORITY COUNTERMEASURES: What Operations needs to run against the threat by the United Coalition (Gambit)
PRIORITY ONE: The most important mission at any time for Section One (Mother)
PRIVACY CODER: Encryption specialist. Hillinger claimed Section One had recruited a new one (TET)
PROBATIONARY PERIOD: Period between the end of training and the promotion to full-fledged operative (Treason)
PROFILE (1): verb: To produce or present a history, description, or history of.
PROFILE (2): noun: A summary or analysis of the history, status, etc. of a process, activity, relationship, or mission. (Mercy)
PROTOCOL: Code of behavior within Section One (Simone)
PRUIT DISTRIBUTORS: Front name for a rogue element of Operation Rosewood, a CIA task force (Choice)
PROTOCOL: Code of behavior within Section One (Simone)
PROVISIONAL STATUS: Status of an operative who is on probation (HL)
PSYCHIC PILGRIM: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
PSYCH RECONDITIONING: Process used on Shellen after he incurred excessive collateral (Gambit)
PULSE: Signal sent over a comm set (Nikita)
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Q-1: Term Operations uses to describe how the London mission will look if Birkoff predates it (TET)
QUARANTINE NEXUS CHAMBER: Device Michael needed to help Nikita overcome the Gelman process (ITLG)
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RADIUS: A field or range of operation or influence, as applied to the area covered by a Section One team (Noise)
REAL-TIME CONTACT: Status when Section One can monitor an operative's activities simultaneously (Love)
RECALLED: An operative can be recalled to Section One after committing an error (Gambit)
RECEIVERS: Devices that Nikita was equipped with when she was captured (HL)
RECON SATELLITE: Rreconnaissance satellite (Innocent)
RECRUIT: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
RED BRIGADE: Group that works with Perry Bauer (Love)
RED CELL: A rogue faction out of North Korea, Releasing political prisoners, lifting the embargo, public denunciation of capitalism, the usual crap.(Charity)
REDUCE YOUR RADIUS: Order for a perimeter team to move in closer to the target or central point of a circular area (Noise)
REDUNDANCIES: Computer programs that provide back-up copies of computer data for security and storage (GOOR)
REDUNDANCY BACKUP: A program that copies information from a computer server (HL)
RED-ZONED: Area that will be included in an explosion to attack and/or its fallout during a mission (TET)
REMOTE CEL TEAM: Small team of Section One operatives working in a remote location (GOOR)
REMOTE INTERROGATION: Prisoner interrogation via a communication device, rather then in face-to-face contact (GOOR)
REPEATER: Device that helps in monitoring frequencies by bouncing a signal (Noise)
RESCUE: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
RETIREMENT: Department of Section One to which Operations sends Walter, who is not pleased with the prospect (OBT)
RETRAIN, RETRAINING: Area of Section One in which Nikita was reprogrammed (TP)
RETRIEVAL: That portion of a Section One mission that is sent in to capture and bring back a person or device (PWF)
RIM: Area on the periphery where operatives protect the entrance and/or exit of other operatives (Nikita)
ROGUE: Section One operative is said to have "gone rogue" when they have tried to escape or have committed and act of treason (GOOR)
ROW 8, PLOT 30: The location of the empty grave where Nikita's body is supposedly buried (Nikita)
RUSSIAN MAFIA: Group that Alec Chandler worked with in his child slavery business (Charity)
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S3: Device that a Section One operative claims he asked for from Giles (OBT)
S7 TRIO: A live nuclear warhead (Innocent)
SAMPLE SPACES: Possible landing areas for a jet (Innocent)
SAMPLING THEOREM: The theory of statistics concerned with choosing a sample from a population (especially a stratified sample which is controlled to give a correct representation of other factors) so that the distribution of statistics for the sample approximates that for the population. A biased sample is one in which the selected share a property which alters the distribution. Ex. Method used to figure out frequencies that Birkoff chides Simon for not remembering (Noise)
SANITIZE: (1) What Michael orders the medical operatives to do to Chen Park before her interrogation (Brainwash) (2) To delete or ‘clean’ unauthorized transmissions. Walter did not get a chance to sanitize Nikita's panel (PWF)
SAT-COM TRAFFIC: Information from satellite communications (Treason)
SATURATE: What the Torture Twins did to Tossi, any more and he would be dead (Voices)
SCRAMBLE: To disrupt satellite surveillance. Birkoff can only scramble
100 meters at a time (Noise)SECONDARY LAYER: Separate section of a targeted group located somewhere other than the base camp (PWF)
SECONDARY QUARTERS: Backup safe house a Section One operative can use when their primary place of residence is compromised (ITLG)
SECTION ONE: The most clandestine anti-terrorist organization on the planet. Its function is to bring down the criminals and terrorists that no one else can get. (Nikita)
SECURED LINE: An untraceable telephone connection (ITLG)
SENSORY DEPRIVATION CHANNEL: Frequency for an ultrasonance unit that dampens the senses of the person who wears it (ITLG)
SEQUENCE ANOMALY: An unexpected event during a mission (Noise)
SEQUENCING: The process used in Comm to work out a plan of attack based on known information (Nikita)
SEXUAL RELATIONS: Section One does not condone sexual relations between operatives. (Love)
SHADOW APPROACH: Method of approaching a target that is designed to avoid surveillance (PWF)
SHADOW PROFILE: Secondary mission during a Section One mission that is kept secret from the operatives on the main mission (OBT)
SHADOW TEAM: Section One team sent to monitor another Section One team's activities without the knowledge of the observed team (PWF)
SHINING PATH: Guerrilla movement in Peru with whom Van Vactor is trying to build an alliance. (Nikita)
SHOOTERS: Opposition personnel who are armed (Choice)
SIAMESE TWINS: What George claims Operations and Madeline are. "...they bicker, they squabble, but they never separate." (AGT)
SIGNAL-AVERAGING PROGRAM: Program developed by Birkoff to track the source of a transmission (Escape)
SIM: Short for simulation, a computer model of an actual mission to help determine the possible outcomes(Love)
SIMONE: Title of Season One episode. To read the transcript, click here.
SINGULARITIES: Odd occurrences that raise suspicions (SO)
SINGULARS: Type of debriefing that was ordered after the mission to Zurich (TPR)
SLEEP DEPRIVATION: Interrogation method Nikita claims she underwent when held by Freedom League (SO)
SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
SNUB-NOSED .357: Section One weapon that Walter accuses Nikita of hiding (Escape)
SOMEONE ELSE'S SHADOW: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
SONOGRAM: Machine Birkoff used to help simulate Gray Wellman's voice (Gray).
SOUL SACRIFICE: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
SPEC OPS: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
SPECTRUM ANALYZER: Equipment used by Elegra Corporation, a defense contractor in Toronto (Gambit)
STAGGER APPROACH: Method of approaching a target that sends operatives in at staggered intervals (PWF)
STAGGERED SWEEP: Maneuver Nikita uses in the attack on Bergomi (AGT)
STATS ANALYST: Statistical analyst. Hillinger claimed Section One had recruited a new one (TET)
STEALTH HOLSTER: Holster for a gun that can be hidden under clothing (ITLG)
STINGER MISSILES: Missiles Kavali buys, they are stored above an art gallery (Noise)
ST. JAMES CLUB: Site Schtoppel claims he and Nikita met in a scheme to fool his mother (PWF)
STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY: What Section One must maintain in order to survive (War)
SUB-CHANNEL EIGHT: Communications frequency Michael tells Walter to split (VOTG)
SUB-CONTACT BETWEEN OPERATIVES: Unauthorized communication between Section One operatives. Ex. Madeline orders Birkoff to search for sub-contact on Nikita’s panel (PWF)
SUB-SCANNERS: Surveillance device that Michael claims are built into the walls at Genefex (OBT)
SUBSTATION: Secondary headquarters of an organization (War)
SUGAR: Walter's nickname for Nikita
SUKHOI: Airplane that fired a live warhead at a naval ship in the North Sea while Section One operatives were on it (TP)
SUNSHINE, MARY: O'Brien's characterization of Nikita’s cover story, which he does not trust (Voices)
SURVEILLANCE LOOP: Video loop that Section One installs on surveillance cameras to hide their real-time activities (TET)
SWORD OF DAMOCLES: 1."Some of us continue to walk around with the Sword of Damocles over our head." (Madeline to Nikita) (Gray) 2. DAMOCLES (b. 370? BC), courtier of Dionysius the Elder, who was tyrant of the city of Syracuse in Sicily. According to a legend recounted by the Roman writers Horace and Cicero, Damocles on one occasion commented to his sovereign on the grandeur and happiness of rulers. Dionysius soon thereafter invited his courtier to a luxurious banquet, where Damocles enjoyed the delights of the table until his attention was directed upward and he saw a sharp sword hanging above him by a single horsehair. By this device Dionysius made Damocles realize that insecurity might threaten those who appeared to be the most fortunate.
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
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TAC CHANNEL TWO: Channel Michael uses to communicate with Nikita after she's been taken hostage (Verdict)
TACTICAL OVERSIGHT: Role Michael plays within Section One (TPR)
TAG: To place a tracker on a person or thing so that Section One can monitor its movements (Noise)
TARGET ZONE: Area targeted by Section One during a mission (PWF)
TEAM LEADER: Member of a Section One mission team who is designated the leader (Gambit)
TEAM ONE, TEAM TWO...: Team One usually designates the group of operatives who are sent out on point to carry out the main objective of a mission. Other team numbers designate groups of operatives who carry out secondary objectives or protect the activities of Team One (Nikita)
TERMINAL SEQUENCE OF MISTAKES: Reason Hillinger was put in abeyance (TET)
TERMINATING: Giving up on a mission (Gray)
THERE ARE NO MISSIONS: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY: Characteristic of a tracker, differs when a tracker is placed on cloth rather than skin (Mercy)
THERMAL IDENTIFICATION CODING: Method of tracking that Operations orders Walter to place on the capture card Nikita steals from Section One (TANM)
THIRD COLUMN OPERATIONS: Missions of lower priority (TET)
THIRD PARTY RIPOFF: (1) Theft by a group unrelated to the two groups originally involved in a trade (TPR)
THIRD PARTY RIPOFF: (2) Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
THIRD PERSON: Title of Season Two episode. To read a transcript, click here.
THIRD TIER: Part of Red Cell that Pontriargan works for (TP)
THREE EYED TURTLE: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
THRESHOLD OF PAIN: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
TIBURON: South American terrorists who captured two Marine guards (Friend)
TIGHTLY COVERED: Difficult to get to. Michael has trouble contacting George because he is tightly covered (VOTG)
TIME OUT OF MIND: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
TIME TO BE HEROES: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
TOYS IN THE BASEMENT: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
TRACING: Tracking an in-coming phone call (Nikita)
TRACKER: A small device that allows an operative to let Section One know their location. Was placed in a heel that could be activated by kicking the back of the shoe (Friend), placed in beneath Suba's lapel (Treason)
TRACKING: Following the activities of an operative on a mission (Charity)
TRACKING MODULE: Device Michael tells Mick to retrieve from Nikita’s apartment (TANM)
TRAINEE: A recruit during their two-year training period (Friend)
TRANQ DARTS: Tranquilizer darts that can be loaded in rifles and fired at a target (Choice)
TRANSIT: Department of Section One that monitors vehicles (Obsessed)
TRANSPONDER: A device hooked up to a computer that can send data to a Section One receiver (Choice)
TREASON: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
TRG 21: Section One gun (Choice)
TRIAD: Group that Alec Chandler dealt his child slavery with (Charity)
TRIGGER: A nuclear trigger that is just as valuable as a warhead, stolen by John and Helen Wicke (Mother)
TRIGGER ZONE: A verbal cue that caused Reilly to commit suicide due to his brainwashing (Brainwash)
TWO YEARS: The length of time an operative is given from date of recruitment to either graduate or be cancelled (Nikita)
TYPE ONE DIRECTIVE: Internal dictum or decision of Section One. Once it's been made, it can't be changed and is always executed. One was initiated to force Michael and Nikita to extricate the personal component of their relationship. (TPR)
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ULTRASONANCE UNIT: Device Michael needs to help Nikita overcome the Gelman process (ITLG) [‘sonance’: n. 1. the condition or quality of being sonant. 2. a sound; a tune.]
UNDER THE INFLUENCE: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
UNDER THE WIRE: Unauthorized communication, it’s what Birkoff searches for on Nikita's panel (PWF)
UNITED COALITION: A group Section One has been monitoring, they hire Kessler to contaminate water systems (Gambit)
UNIVERSITY OF OSLO: College attended by Annie Kessler (Gambit)
UNPROTECTED TARGET: Status of Section Operatives once the Directory was stolen (Gray)
UNRELATED AGGRESSION: Attack on an operative that is unrelated to the actual mission at hand (Noise)
UPDATE: "They're going to have to update my file." (Nikita to Dominic) (War)
UPLINK SCANNER: Device used to search for Section One communications (Rescue)
UP THE RABBIT HOLE: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
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VERDICT: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
VIEW OF THE GARDEN: Title of Season Four episode. To read a transcript, click here.
VOICE: Department of Section One the trains operatives in vocal control and impersonation (BIS)
VOICE ANALYSIS: Method Birkoff uses to determine Park Chen is Mongolians (Brainwash)
VOICES: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcripts, click here.
VOICE PROGRAM: Machine Birkoff used to help simulate Gray Wellman's voice (Gray).
VOLTAGE SUPPLY: Device needed to extract Stanley Shays from a booby trap (Mercy)
VR SIM: Virtual Reality Simulation. A program Madeline runs before she meets Kessler (Gambit)
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WALK ON BY: Title of Season Three episode. To read a transcript, click here.
WALL PUNCH: Device Birkoff and Walter were working on to use on the Cameroon mission (OBT)
WAR: Title of Season One episode. To read a transcript, click here.
WATCHING: Spying on Section One operatives, Eric's job (Escape)
WEBBED: "We lost eight locations. Everyone else is webbed into secondary sites." (Madeline to Operations) (War)
WETWARE: Security devices protecting the base camp of Crimson Storm (PWF)
WHITE PAPER: An authoritative report issued by any organization (Brainwash)
WHITE ROOM: An entirely white, round room in Section One which is used for interrogating prisoners and to welcome new recruits (Nikita)
WINDOW: Amount of time available in which to complete a mission (Nikita)
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"YOU HAVE COMMAND." "I HAVE COMMAND.": Formal verbal exchange that occurs when transferring authority for the running of Section One (AGT)
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ZERO MARGIN FOR ERROR: What Section One has when going up against Glass Curtain (Simone)
ZODIAK: A rubber speedboat Section One used in the North Sea (AZ)
Z-SCREEN: Filter that will disguise the source of a transmission (VOTG)
ZYLAR CORPORATION: Manufacturer of CM 12 chip, a smart missile guidance system (Missing)
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