Weapons of Mass Destruction

A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or any other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to numerous humans or cause great damage to human-made structures (e.g., buildings), natural structures (e.g., mountains), or the biosphere. The scope and usage of the term has evolved and been disputed, often signifying more politically than technically. Originally coined in reference to aerial bombing with chemical explosives during World War II, it has later come to refer to large-scale weaponry of other technologies, such as chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear warfare.

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MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 30 September 2024 English

According to this agreement signed in Yerevan on May 2, The Minister of Defence of the Republic the validity period of the umbrella of Armenia Suren Papikyan received today agreement …

and small businesses to ensure the of weapons of mass destruction sustainable growth of our economies,"


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 26 September 2024 English

According to the statement, a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, May protocol on the results of the consultations 21, 2024 was signed, which approved a cooperation Representatives from the Armenian plan …

expressed support for Armenia in the Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) conflict over the disputed, breakaway


The Australia Institute · 26 September 2024 English

no universal definition of controversial weapons, the term is widely used to describe weapons of mass destruction which have indiscriminate effects on civilians, are excessively injurious and/or inflict

in companies that produce the worst weapons of mass destruction. Authors: Rosemary Kelly, Margaret Beavis the companies that produce the worst weapons of mass destruction. This is three years after the UN prohibited their retirement savings invested in weapons of mass destruction, and assume they are screened out as the term is widely used to describe weapons of mass destruction which have indiscriminate effects on


UN: The United Nations · 25 September 2024 English

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preventing non-State groups from acquiring weapons of mass destruction, including chemical weapons, and their resolution to establish a zone free of all weapons of mass destruction — nuclear, chemical, and biological


RAND Corporation · 25 September 2024 English

The 2022–2023 annual report from the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center describes the center's research programs, provides project highlights, previews work on the horizon, and lists publicly released publications.

138,815 S&T | $22,188,226 Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office | $5,675,416 Management Directorate enforcement partners. DHS’s Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and the DHS Chemical32 This fiscal


EU: European Union · 24 September 2024 English

Strategic Dialogue Working Group on Weapons of Mass Destruction and Arms Control, which defined priority Strategic Dialogue Working Group on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Small Arms and Light Weapons, and Arms of the EU-LAS Strategic Dialogue on Weapons of Mass Destruction, Small Arms and Light Weapons, and Arms


ORF: Observer Research Foundation · 24 September 2024 English

It is widely recognized that China and Iran have maintained enduring and productive military ties, with the former significantly contributing weapon platforms and critical military and dual-use technologies to the …

a major industrial source for Iran’s weapons of mass destruction programs. China also played a crucial


CNA: Center for Naval Analyses · 23 September 2024 English

jeopardy.” Among the conditions that make it The role of nuclear weapons possible for Russia to employ nuclear weapons are the arrival of reliable Invocations of Russia’s nuclear weapons began …

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FPRI: Foreign Policy Research Institute · 23 September 2024 English

America has a limited window of opportunity in its rivalry with China. To exploit this, expanded export controls can be used to slow Chinese innovation. Time is therefore a strategic …

biological, radiological, or nuclear weapons of mass destruction (see, section C.I.aa), explicitly noted


UN: The United Nations · 22 September 2024 English

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measures to prevent the acquisition of weapons of mass destruction by non-State actors; (f) Redouble


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