Strategic reserve
Encyclopedia
For the military term see: Military reserve
A strategic reserve is a term used to describe a reserve of a commodity or items, held back from normal use by governments, organisations or business in pursuance of a particular strategy or to cope with unexpected events.
A strategic reserve can be:
Military reserve
A military reserve, tactical reserve, or strategic reserve is a group of military personnel or units which are initially not committed to a battle by their commander so that they are available to address unforeseen situations or exploit suddenly developing...
A strategic reserve is a term used to describe a reserve of a commodity or items, held back from normal use by governments, organisations or business in pursuance of a particular strategy or to cope with unexpected events.
A strategic reserve can be:
- financial in nature such as ring fenced funding or a capital reserves of a large corporation.
- of a commodity, such as intervention stocks of food or petrol (see security of supply and strategic petroleum reserves)
- of specific machinery such a rail road cars or steam locomotivesStrategic steam reserveA Strategic steam reserve is a collection of withdrawn steam locomotives which is kept in working order for possible use in a national emergency. During the Cold War several countries, including Sweden and the Soviet Union, kept SSRs....
, to be used in an emergency situation.
See also
- Global strategic petroleum reservesGlobal strategic petroleum reservesGlobal strategic petroleum reserves refer to crude oil inventories held by the government of a particular country, as well as private industry, for the purpose of providing economic and national security during an energy crisis...
- Northeast Home Heating Oil ReserveNortheast Home Heating Oil ReserveThe Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve was created in July 2000 to provide a reserve of heating oil for the approximately 5.3 million households in the Northeast region of the United States that use heating oil for their homes.-History:...
- Strategic uranium reservesStrategic uranium reservesStrategic uranium reserves refer to uranium inventories held by the government of a particular country, as well as private industry, for the purpose of providing economic and national security during an energy crisis.-North America:...
- National Helium ReserveNational Helium ReserveThe National Helium Reserve, also known as the Federal Helium Reserve, is a strategic reserve of the United States holding over a billion cubic meter of helium gas. The helium is stored at the Cliffside Storage Facility about northwest of Amarillo, Texas, in a natural geologic gas storage...
- Strategic grain reserveStrategic grain reserveThe strategic grain reserve is stocks of grain held in reserve intentionally by government programs for the purpose of meeting future domestic and international needs.-See also:*Food Security Commodity Reserve*Food Security Wheat Reserve...
- Gold reserveGold ReserveGold Reserve Inc. is a gold mining company with operations and mining property in Bolivar State, Venezuela.Founded in 1956, Gold Reserve Inc. is now headquartered in Spokane, Washington. The company has about ten employees at its Washington office and about 55 in Venezuela. Of these 55,...