Weapons Systems

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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RAND Corporation · 21 March 2024 English

Testimony presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission on March 21, 2024.

As a result, it can be difficult to field weapons systems quickly, even if the funding and technology


CEIP: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace · 21 March 2024 English

Rather than a single, tidy, institutional solution to govern AI, the world will likely see the emergence of something less elegant: a regime complex, comprising multiple institutions within and across …

on Climate Change LAWS — lethal autonomous weapons systems LMIC — low- and middle-income country NPT — facilitate the spread of lethal autonomous weapons systems;24 lower barriers to entry for biological and long-standing debates about lethal au- tonomous weapons systems (LAWS), as these systems transform military


CAPS: Centre for Air Power Studies · 18 March 2024 English

importance of this energy worthy teammate in Homi J for developing nations: “For Bhabha, the architect of the full industrialization of the underdeveloped India’s nuclear programme, who had, in fact, …

mission than Operation Relentless, strategic weapons systems. These included the the continuous at sea Sarmat generation of submarines, five other strategic weapons systems. Burevestnik nuclear- the Dreadnought-class


RAND Corporation · 13 March 2024 English

This report summarizes research on how top-down risk analysis models could help inform the staffing, systems, and strategies for the U.S. Air Force Security Forces. Although existing security planning supports …

to protect critical locations and nuclear weapons systems, as well as the aircraft and personnel involved October 19, 2020, includes that security of weapons systems can differ from location to location because


GRF: Global Relations Forum · 13 March 2024 English

He is a recipient of the decoration of Grand Officer of the Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity and the Medal of Gratitude of Albania. [...] The reality dictated …

enough, since technological advancement in weapons systems could have diminished the sole importance of


Cato Institute · 12 March 2024 English

Federal spending is rising faster than tax revenues, generating a massive flow of red ink. Congress has not balanced the budget in more than two decades, and by 2023 it …

highlighted by frequent cost overruns on weapons systems, energy facilities, veterans’ hospitals, air


American Academy of Arts and Sciences · 7 March 2024 English

A publication of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that explores the traditional nuclear arms control regime, how it has become fractured over time, and the ways in which …

still a threat. While new technologies and weapons systems do not compare to the devastating power of impact of new destructive technologies and weapons systems on the strategic balance should be further capabilities across a wide range of nuclear weapons systems. The growing risks to glob- al peace and stability that nuclear multipolarity and innovative weapons systems would make irrelevant the old principles of meet today’s needs. The development of new weapons systems—strategic conventional sys- tems, space systems


Chatham House · 6 March 2024 English

States have often relied on each other’s support to wage wars. But, as military technology advances, contemporary armed conflicts are characterized by increasingly complex patterns of cooperation involving states, international …

designed to teach soldiers or fighters how to use weapons systems. In both cases, it is only the implementation


AEI: American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research · 6 March 2024 English

Key Points • The National Defense Industrial Strategy provides a vision for revitalizing the industrial base. Aligning the budget to the strategy is foundational to its success. • The procurement …

continues to generate the world’s most capable weapons systems, it must have the capacity to produce those


RAND Corporation · 6 March 2024 English

The U.S. Navy is evolving to distributed maritime operations (DMO) in response to increased capabilities of near-peer adversaries, in the Western Pacific. To support DMO, the Navy needs new approaches …

task force was intended to determine key weapons systems in the conflict and direct the supply chain the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapons Systems Support (WSS) Integrated Weapons Support Team 2020.) 5 Department of the Navy, “NAVSUP Weapons Systems Support Instruction 4441.15L,” June 26, 2017


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