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nuclear weapons. Five are considered to be nuclear-weapon states (NWS) under the terms of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)....

Weapons Tight is a NATO brevity code "weapon control order" used in anti-aircraft warfare, imposing a status whereby weapons systems may only be fired...

Non-lethal weapons, also called nonlethal weapons, less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing...

Since they are weapons of mass destruction, the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a focus of international relations policy. Nuclear weapons have been deployed...

the new weapons of mass destruction? At the time, nuclear weapons had not been developed fully. Japan conducted research on biological weapons , and chemical...

printed gun would be illegal under their gun control laws, and that criminals have access to other sources of weapons, but noted that as the technology improved...

deliver chemical weapons, whether filled or unfilled, are also considered weapons themselves." Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction...

Riot control personnel have long used less lethal weapons such as batons and whips to disperse crowds and detain rioters. Since the 1980s, riot control officers...

Small arms and light weapons (SALW) refers in arms control protocols to two main classes of man-portable weapons. "Small arms", broadly speaking, are...

operational control of the nuclear warheads and its weapons system. In 1994, Ukraine agreed to transfer these weapons to Russia and became a party to the Treaty...

three types of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and chemical weapons. It is one of the five nuclear-weapon states recognized...

weapons delivery systems. Between 1940 and 1996, the U.S. federal government spent at least US$11.3 trillion in present-day terms on nuclear weapons,...

race to build hypersonic weapons". Science. doi:10.1126/science.aba7957. "Fact Sheet: Hypersonic Weapons". Center for Arms Control and Non-proliferation...

of small arms, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction. Historically, arms control may apply to melee weapons (such as swords) before the...

India possesses nuclear weapons and previously developed chemical weapons. Although India has not released any official statements about the size of its...

nuclear weapons status. The NPT is often seen to be based on a central bargain: the NPT non-nuclear-weapon states agree never to acquire nuclear weapons and...

popularly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban (AWB or FAWB), was subtitle A of title XI of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, a...

MTCR seeks to limit the risks of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by controlling exports of goods and technologies that could make a...

LAWs are also known as lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS), autonomous weapon systems (AWS), robotic weapons or killer robots. LAWs may operate in the...

The Biological Weapons Convention (BWC), or Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), is a disarmament treaty that effectively bans biological and...