This is an ethical demand which cannot be evaded or glossed over by talking exclusively of weapon superiority or even of the evil of Communism.

The cost of developing a major weapon system is now so enormous that the greatest care must be exercised in selecting new systems for development, in determining the most satisfactory rate of development, and in deciding the proper time at which either to place a system into production or to abandon it.

Thus, the need for the B-70 as a strategic weapon system is doubtful.

Biological warfare is considered to be primarily a strategic weapon.

But the submarine is a weapon of ambush and therefore always in danger of being ambushed.

Certainly, one of the best ways of warning the world against anti-Semitism is to demonstrate its workings as a dangerous weapon.

The truth is, however, that when Mel Chandler first reported to the regiment the only steed he had ever ridden was a swivel chair and the only weapon he had ever wielded was a pencil.

Such a decision should have placed a powerful weapon in the hands of the entire housing industry, but there is little evidence that realtors, or at least their associations, have repudiated the principle in such clauses.

He paused, then added, `` Everything on a ship is a weapon.

For example, if two characters are wrestling the relevant attribute is Strength ; a character could reveal a weapon, changing it to Warfare ; they could try to overcome the other character's mind using a power, changing it to Psyche ; or they could concentrate their strength on defense, changing it to Endurance.

Aggravated assault is, in some jurisdictions, a stronger form of assault, usually using a deadly weapon.

* 1915 – The use of poison gas in World War I escalates when chlorine gas is released as a chemical weapon in the Second Battle of Ypres.

ASP, Inc. is actually a brand that manufactures this type of weapon ( the ASP tactical baton ), and the brand has come to casually refer to all telescopic batons.

The greater the recoil a weapon on an AFV is, the larger the turret ring needs to be.

Philosophically, the tank is, by its very nature, an offensive weapon.

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon ( SPAA ) or self-propelled air defense system ( SPAD ), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon ( SPAA ) or self-propelled air defense system ( SPAD ), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

In some armies, the weapon of artillery is the projectile, not the piece that fires it.

A fire unit is the smallest artillery or mortar element, consisting of one or more weapon systems, capable of being employed to execute a fire assigned by a tactical fire controller.

Dual wielding is holding a tool or weapon in each hand.

This most commonly refers to matched pairs of handguns but can refer to any other weapon that can be held in one hand such as machine pistols and even melee weapons, although this is more common in role-playing video games.

With modern shooting techniques, there is very little value to shooting with a weapon in each hand.

A lance is formerly a weapon of war and it was also used to kill large marine animals after it has already been harpooned.

" Running amok " is used to refer to the behavior of someone who, in the grip of strong emotion, obtains a weapon and begins attacking people indiscriminately, often with multiple fatalities.

While this is intended as a clever con trick, the machine, surprisingly, works, sending Blackadder and Baldrick back to the time of the dinosaurs, where they manage to cause the extinction of the dinosaurs, through the use of Baldrick's best, worst and only pair of underpants as a weapon against a hungry T. Rex.

1st c. AD ), who referred to the now lost works of the 3rd century BC engineer Ctesibius, this weapon was inspired by an earlier hand crossbow, called the gastraphetes ( belly shooter ), which could store more energy than the Greek bows.

1st c. AD ), who referred to the now lost works of the 3rd century BC engineer Ctesibius, this weapon was inspired by an earlier foot-held crossbow, called the gastraphetes, which could store more energy than the Greek bows.

The short sword was a secondary weapon, used if or when their spears were broken or lost, or if the phalanx broke rank.

The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.

This weapon, influenced by the M1 Garand rifle, lost out to the new Simonov carbine which would be eventually adopted as the SKS ; but it became a basis for his entry in an assault rifle competition in 1946.

Frank lost control of his horse and, firing his weapon, crossed Fremont Street to the sidewalk on the east side.

While the concept of using the aeroplane as a weapon of war was generally laughed at before World War I, the idea of using it for photography was one that was not lost on any of the major forces.

When the rifle was invented in the West, the musket lost its status as the dominant weapon.

These weapons, such as the USAF Enhanced Guided Bomb Unit ( part of the Paveway family ), use laser designation for precision attacks, but contain an inertial navigation system with GPS receiver for back-up, so that if the target illumination is lost or broken, the weapon will continue to home in on the GPS coordinates of the original target.

The strategic importance of the bomb, and its even more powerful fusion-based successors, did not become fully apparent until the United States lost its monopoly on the weapon in the post-war era.

He surmised that the suspect had fired upon Boggs and lost his firearm in the dark rainy night when the weapon recoiled due to its unusually large shot.

More humiliating, he lost his precious weapon during the clash and got one of his soldier executed by Pan Zhang as an act of military discipline.

Although it lost the competition to 8. 8 cm Flak 41 and it never became an anti-aircraft weapon, it was turned into a very successful Pak 43 anti-tank gun.

The title is a reference to nuclear war, and to the plot by the novel's antagonists to reconstruct a lost nuclear weapon.

The nuclear weapon is lost, buried in the field of a Druze farmer.

Meanwhile, a small group of PFLP terrorists, enraged at the looming failure of their campaign to erase Israel's existence, come across the lost Israeli bomb and use it to construct their own weapon, using the bomb's plutonium as fissile material.

As the bow lost its significance as a weapon of war, and under the influence of Buddhism, Shinto, Daoism and Confucianism, Japanese archery evolved into kyudō, the “ way of the bow ".

In a reorganization in 1944, he lost responsibility for the implosion-type fission weapon, but retained that for the design and development of the gun-type fission weapon, which eventually became Little Boy.

When damage is dealt to the player ( by falling or being hurt by a weapon ), armor is lost.

On the surface, Fox comes across Krystal's magic staff, which Krystal had lost earlier when she was attacked by General Scales at the beginning of the game, and becomes his sole weapon in the game.

While it is commonly believed that kris were the primary weapons wielded by fighters in the past, they were actually carried by warriors as a secondary armament if they lost their main weapon, which was usually a spear.

Luger had metal plates put into his arm following an injury from a motorcycle accident, making it a formidable weapon ( it was stipulated that Luger had to wear a protective pad over it, but it was torn off in the course of the match ) and Yokozuna was knocked out of the ring, unconscious, and lost via countout.

As the plane approaches the moment when it is destined to crash, the lost weapon still has not been found.