Offensive biological warfare, including mass production, stockpiling and use of biological weapons, was outlawed by the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention ( BWC ).

* Weapons of mass destruction

A team of U. N. inspectors, led by Swedish diplomat Hans Blix was admitted, into the country ; their final report stated that Iraqis capability in producing " weapons of mass destruction " was not significantly different from 1992 when the country dismantled the bulk of their remaining arsenals under terms of the ceasefire agreement with U. N. forces, but did not completely rule out the possibility that Saddam still had Weapons of Mass Destruction.

As chemical weapons, they are classified as weapons of mass destruction by the United Nations according to UN Resolution 687 ( passed in April 1991 ) and their production and stockpiling was outlawed by the Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 ; the Chemical Weapons Convention officially took effect on April 29, 1997.

In 1940 the German Army Weapons Office ordered the mass production of sarin for wartime use.

* Weapons of mass destruction

Category: Weapons of mass destruction

Category: Weapons of mass destruction

In mid-1939, the formula for the agent was passed to the chemical warfare section of the German Army Weapons Office, which ordered that it be brought into mass production for wartime use.

Category: Weapons of mass destruction

* Weapons of mass destruction

* Weapons of mass destruction

IPPNW launched the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons ( ICAN ) in 2007, and works with numerous other non-governmental organizations ( NGOs ) to promote a Nuclear Weapons Convention that would outlaw these instruments of mass extermination under international law.

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; Weapons of mass destruction ( WMD )

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Weapons of mass destruction, United States

Category: Weapons of mass destruction

Category: Weapons of mass destruction

* Weapons of mass destruction

Israel is widely believed to possess weapons of mass destruction, and to be one of four nuclear-armed countries not recognized as a Nuclear Weapons State by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ).

There is an overlap between biological warfare and chemical warfare, as the use of toxins produced by living organisms is considered under the provisions of both the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Membership in International Organizations: The major organizations in which Colombia is a member include: the Agency for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean, Andean Pact, Caribbean Development Bank, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Group of 3, Group of 11, Group of 24, Group of 77, Inter-American Development Bank, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Chamber of Commerce, International Civil Aviation Organization, International Criminal Police Organization, International Development Association, International Finance Corporation, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Labour Organization, International Maritime Organization, International Maritime Satellite Organization, International Monetary Fund ( IMF ), International Olympic Committee, International Organization for Migration, International Organization for Standardization, International Telecommunication Union, International Telecommunications Satellite Organization, International Trade Union Confederation, Latin American Economic System, Latin American Integration Association, Latin Union, Non-Aligned Movement, Organization of American States ( OAS ), Permanent Court of Arbitration, Rio Group, United Nations ( UN ), UN Conference on Trade and Development, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UN Industrial Development Organization, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, Universal Postal Union, World Confederation of Labour, World Federation of Trade Unions, World Health Organization, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Meteorological Organization, World Tourism Organization, and World Trade Organization.

: The Weapons Master, or Armorer is a specialized Prop Technician who deals with firearms.

* 1958 – The Peace symbol, commissioned by Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in protest against the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, is designed and completed by Gerald Holtom.

Weapons are individually licensed by local police forces, however there is no limit on the number of licenses an individual may hold.

Gun ownership in Germany is currently regulated by Federal Weapons Act ( German: Waffengesetz ), 1972 ; it extends previous gun legislation.

Gun ownership in Poland is regulated by the Weapons and Munitions Act.

In Slovenia gun ownership is regulated under the " Weapons Law " ( Zakon o orožju ).

Weapons ( kobudō ) is important training activity in some styles.

Placing minefields without marking and recording them for later removal is considered a war crime under Protocol II of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, which is itself an annex to the Geneva Conventions.

The current laser at the UK Atomic Weapons Establishment ( AWE ), the HELEN ( High Energy Laser Embodying Neodymium ) 1-terawatt neodymium-glass laser, can access the midpoints of pressure and temperature regions and is used to acquire data for modeling on how density, temperature and pressure interact inside warheads.

* Nemesis is an elite German squadron in Secret Weapons Over Normandy

In June 1957, The Effects of Nuclear Weapons by Samuel Glasstone was published containing a section entitled " Nuclear Bombs and the Weather " ( pages 69 – 71 ), which states: " The dust raised in severe volcanic eruptions, such as that at Krakatoa in 1883, is known to cause a noticeable reduction in the sunlight reaching the earth ...

* In the game Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII, Peenemünde is a playable level.

* In the game Secret Weapons Over Normandy, Peenemünde is a playable level in the main campaign.

Weapons marked in bold are considered personal equipment of the soldier, who is responsible for their well-functioning and must keep them at home until the end of the military service ( unless living near an external border of Switzerland ).

The term which encompasses both, SALW ( Small Arms and Light Weapons ), is used by some organizations working to limit arms proliferation.

The site is referenced in the Federation of American Scientist's Space Policy Project Special Weapons Monitor section.

Electronic Battle Weapon 8, at about six and a half minutes, is very distinct from the " big acid " style that the earlier Battle Weapons adhered to.

Yemen is a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, is a party to the Biological Weapons Convention, and has signed and ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention.