Armaments

A weapon, arm or armament is any implement or device that can be used with the intent to inflict damage or harm. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as hunting, crime, law enforcement, self-defense, and warfare. In broader context, weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a tactical, strategic, material or mental advantage over an adversary or enemy target. While ordinary objects – sticks, rocks, bottles, chairs, vehicles – can be used as weapons, many are expressly designed for the purpose; these range from simple implements such as clubs, axes and …

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EPRS: European Parliamentary Research Service · 18 October 2024 English

Since Russia started its war of aggression against Ukraine by illegally annexing the Crimean peninsula, it has been seeking to foster relations with countries in the Global South that are …

Salvador, Paraguay and Peru. Recipients of Russian armaments since 2007 have included Argentina, Ecuador,


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 17 October 2024 English

It has become difficult to imagine how Washington and Beijing might turn their relationship, which is so crucial to the future of world order, toward calmer waters. If there is …

one another, then each will spend more money on armaments, unaligned states will face strong pressure to


UN: The United Nations · 17 October 2024 English

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impair the prospects for limiting and reducing armaments in general and erect insurmountable barriers



UN: The United Nations · 16 October 2024 English

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complete disarmament: effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium draft resolution Effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium international organizations on the effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, human beings and the environment of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium, consideration the potential harmful effects of the use of armaments and ammunitions containing depleted uranium on






UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 15 October 2024 English

diplomatic instrument, and no limitation of armaments…but only education, the interchange of ideas,


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