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187 relations: Air gun laws, Aircraft, Aircraft carrier, American Civil War, Ammunition, Anti-aircraft warfare, Anti-personnel weapon, Anti-radiation missile, Anti-satellite weapon, Anti-submarine weapon, Anti-tank warfare, Antimatter, Antimatter weapon, Archery, Area denial weapon, Arms control, Arms industry, Arms race, Arms trafficking, Arquebus, Artillery, Axe, Škoda Works, Battering ram, Biological agent, Biological warfare, Blaster (Star Wars), Blunt instrument, Bomb, Bottle, Bow and arrow, Bronze Age, Bronze Age sword, Cannon, Cavalry, Central government, Chair, Chalcolithic, Chariot, Chemical weapon, Chimpanzee, Club (weapon), Cold War, Combat vehicle, Commerce, Concussion, Copper, Crew-served weapon, Crime, Crush injury, ... Expand index (137 more) »
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Air gun laws
This is a list of laws concerning air guns by country.
Aircraft
An aircraft (aircraft) is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air.
Aircraft carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship that serves as a seagoing airbase, equipped with a full-length flight deck and facilities for carrying, arming, deploying, and recovering aircraft.
See Weapon and Aircraft carrier
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
See Weapon and American Civil War
Ammunition
Ammunition is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Weapon and Ammunition are weapons.
Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-aircraft warfare is the counter to aerial warfare and it includes "all measures designed to nullify or reduce the effectiveness of hostile air action" (NATO's definition).
See Weapon and Anti-aircraft warfare
Anti-personnel weapon
An anti-personnel weapon is a weapon primarily used to maim or kill infantry and other personnel not behind armor, as opposed to attacking structures or vehicles, or hunting game.
See Weapon and Anti-personnel weapon
Anti-radiation missile
An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source.
See Weapon and Anti-radiation missile
Anti-satellite weapon
Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic or tactical purposes.
See Weapon and Anti-satellite weapon
Anti-submarine weapon
An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war.
See Weapon and Anti-submarine weapon
Anti-tank warfare
Anti-tank warfare originated during World War I from the desire to develop technology and tactics to destroy tanks.
See Weapon and Anti-tank warfare
Antimatter
In modern physics, antimatter is defined as matter composed of the antiparticles (or "partners") of the corresponding particles in "ordinary" matter, and can be thought of as matter with reversed charge, parity, and time, known as CPT reversal.
Antimatter weapon
An antimatter weapon is a theoretically possible device using antimatter as a power source, a propellant, or an explosive for a weapon.
See Weapon and Antimatter weapon
Archery
Archery is the sport, practice, or skill of using a bow to shoot arrows.
Area denial weapon
An area denial weapon is a defensive device used to prevent an adversary from occupying or traversing an area of land, sea or air.
See Weapon and Area denial weapon
Arms control
Arms control is a term for international restrictions upon the development, production, stockpiling, proliferation and usage of small arms, conventional weapons, and weapons of mass destruction. Weapon and arms control are weapons.
Arms industry
The arms industry, also known as the defence (or defense) industry, military industry, or the arms trade, is a global industry which manufactures and sells weapons and military technology.
Arms race
An arms race occurs when two or more groups compete in military superiority. Weapon and arms race are weapons.
Arms trafficking
Arms trafficking or gunrunning is the illicit trade of contraband small arms, explosives, and ammunition, which constitutes part of a broad range of illegal activities often associated with transnational criminal organizations.
See Weapon and Arms trafficking
Arquebus
An arquebus is a form of long gun that appeared in Europe and the Ottoman Empire during the 15th century.
Artillery
Artillery are ranged weapons that launch munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry firearms. Weapon and Artillery are weapons.
Axe
An axe (sometimes ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split, and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.
See Weapon and Axe
Škoda Works
The Škoda Works (Škodovy závody) was one of the largest European industrial conglomerates of the 20th century, founded by Czech engineer Emil Škoda in 1859 in Plzeň, called the Kingdom of Bohemia at that time.
Battering ram
A battering ram is a siege engine that originated in ancient times and was designed to break open the masonry walls of fortifications or splinter their wooden gates.
Biological agent
Biological weapons are pathogens used as weapons.
See Weapon and Biological agent
Biological warfare
Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of biological toxins or infectious agents such as bacteria, viruses, insects, and fungi with the intent to kill, harm or incapacitate humans, animals or plants as an act of war.
See Weapon and Biological warfare
Blaster (Star Wars)
A blaster is a fictional gun that appears in the Star Wars universe.
See Weapon and Blaster (Star Wars)
Blunt instrument
A blunt instrument is any solid object used as a weapon, which damages its target by applying direct mechanical force, and has no penetrating point or edge, or is wielded so that the point or edge is not the part of the weapon that inflicts the injury.
See Weapon and Blunt instrument
Bomb
A bomb is an explosive weapon that uses the exothermic reaction of an explosive material to provide an extremely sudden and violent release of energy.
See Weapon and Bomb
Bottle
A bottle is a narrow-necked container made of an impermeable material (such as glass, plastic or aluminium) in various shapes and sizes that stores and transports liquids.
Bow and arrow
The bow and arrow is a ranged weapon system consisting of an elastic launching device (bow) and long-shafted projectiles (arrows).
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.
Bronze Age sword
Bronze Age swords appeared from around the 17th century BC, in the Black Sea and Aegean regions, as a further development of the dagger.
See Weapon and Bronze Age sword
Cannon
A cannon is a large-caliber gun classified as a type of artillery, which usually launches a projectile using explosive chemical propellant.
Cavalry
Historically, cavalry (from the French word cavalerie, itself derived from cheval meaning "horse") are soldiers or warriors who fight mounted on horseback.
Central government
A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state.
See Weapon and Central government
Chair
A chair is a type of seat, typically designed for one person and consisting of one or more legs, a flat or slightly angled seat and a back-rest.
See Weapon and Chair
Chalcolithic
The Chalcolithic (also called the Copper Age and Eneolithic) was an archaeological period characterized by the increasing use of smelted copper.
Chariot
A chariot is a type of cart driven by a charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power.
Chemical weapon
A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans.
See Weapon and Chemical weapon
Chimpanzee
The chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes), also simply known as the chimp, is a species of great ape native to the forests and savannahs of tropical Africa.
Club (weapon)
A club (also known as a cudgel, baton, bludgeon, truncheon, cosh, nightstick, or impact weapon) is a short staff or stick, usually made of wood, wielded as a weapon since prehistory.
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Combat vehicle
A ground combat vehicle, also known as a land assault vehicle or simply a combat vehicle or an assault vehicle, is a land-based military vehicle intended to be used for combat operations.
Commerce
Commerce is the large-scale organized system of activities, functions, procedures and institutions that directly or indirectly contribute to the smooth, unhindered distribution and transfer of goods and services on a substantial scale and at the right time, place, quantity, quality and price through various channels from the original producers to the final consumers within local, regional, national or international economies.
Concussion
A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), is a head injury that temporarily affects brain functioning.
Copper
Copper is a chemical element; it has symbol Cu and atomic number 29.
Crew-served weapon
A crew-served weapon is any weapon system that is issued to a crew of two or more individuals performing the same or separate tasks to run at maximum operational efficiency, as opposed to an individual-service weapon, which only requires one person to run at maximum operational efficiency.
See Weapon and Crew-served weapon
Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
See Weapon and Crime
Crush injury
A crush injury is injury by an object that causes compression of the body.
Cultural evolution
Cultural evolution is an evolutionary theory of social change.
See Weapon and Cultural evolution
Cyberweapon
Cyberweapons are commonly defined as malware agents employed for military, paramilitary, or intelligence objectives as part of a cyberattack. Weapon and Cyberweapon are weapons.
Dagger
A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually one or two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a cutting or thrusting weapon.
Death
Death is the end of life; the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain a living organism.
See Weapon and Death
Demining
Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area.
Developed country
A developed country, or advanced country, is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy, and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations.
See Weapon and Developed country
Directed-energy weapon
A directed-energy weapon (DEW) is a ranged weapon that damages its target with highly focused energy without a solid projectile, including lasers, microwaves, particle beams, and sound beams.
See Weapon and Directed-energy weapon
Domestication of the horse
How and when horses became domesticated has been disputed.
See Weapon and Domestication of the horse
Edged and bladed weapons
An edged weapon, or bladed weapon, is a melee weapon with a cutting edge. Weapon and edged and bladed weapons are weapons.
See Weapon and Edged and bladed weapons
Engineering
Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to solve technical problems, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve systems.
Explosive weapon
An explosive weapon is a weapon that uses an explosive to project blast and/or fragmentation from a point of detonation.
See Weapon and Explosive weapon
Ferrous metallurgy
Ferrous metallurgy is the metallurgy of iron and its alloys.
See Weapon and Ferrous metallurgy
Firearm
A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual.
First Punic War
The First Punic War (264–241 BC) was the first of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage, the two main powers of the western Mediterranean in the early 3rd century BC.
See Weapon and First Punic War
Force field (technology)
In speculative fiction, a force field, sometimes known as an energy shield, force shield, energy bubble, or deflector shield, is a barrier produced by something like energy, negative energy, dark energy, electromagnetic fields, gravitational fields, electric fields, quantum fields, telekinetic fields, plasma, particles, radiation, solid light, magic, or pure force.
See Weapon and Force field (technology)
Fortification
A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.
Fossil fuel
A fossil fuel is a carbon compound- or hydrocarbon-containing material such as coal, oil, and natural gas, formed naturally in the Earth's crust from the remains of prehistoric organisms (animals, plants and planktons), a process that occurs within geological formations.
Fragmentation (weaponry)
Fragmentation is the process by which the casing, shot, or other components of an anti-personnel weapon, bomb, barrel bomb, land mine, IED, artillery, mortar, tank gun, or autocannon shell, rocket, missile, grenade, etc.
See Weapon and Fragmentation (weaponry)
Game (hunting)
Game or quarry is any wild animal hunted for animal products (primarily meat), for recreation ("sporting"), or for trophies.
Geneva Protocol
The Protocol for the Prohibition of the Use in War of Asphyxiating, Poisonous or other Gases, and of Bacteriological Methods of Warfare, usually called the Geneva Protocol, is a treaty prohibiting the use of chemical and biological weapons in international armed conflicts.
See Weapon and Geneva Protocol
Gun
A gun is a device designed to propel a projectile using pressure or explosive force.
See Weapon and Gun
Gunpowder
Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.
Helicopter
A helicopter is a type of rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors.
History
History (derived) is the systematic study and documentation of the human past.
Hominidae
The Hominidae, whose members are known as the great apes or hominids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo (the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan); Gorilla (the eastern and western gorilla); Pan (the chimpanzee and the bonobo); and Homo, of which only modern humans (''Homo sapiens'') remain.
Howitzer
The howitzer is an artillery weapon that falls between a cannon (or field gun) and a mortar.
Hunting
Hunting is the human practice of seeking, pursuing, capturing, and killing wildlife or feral animals.
Hunting weapon
Hunting weapons are weapons designed or used primarily for hunting game animals for food or sport, as distinct from defensive weapons or weapons used primarily in warfare. Weapon and hunting weapon are weapons.
Improvised explosive device
An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action.
See Weapon and Improvised explosive device
Improvised weapon
An improvised weapon is an object that was not designed to be used as a weapon but can be put to that use. Weapon and improvised weapon are weapons.
See Weapon and Improvised weapon
Incendiary device
Incendiary weapons, incendiary devices, incendiary munitions, or incendiary bombs are weapons designed to start fires.
See Weapon and Incendiary device
Industrial Age
The Industrial Age is a period of history that encompasses the changes in economic and social organization that began around 1760 in Great Britain and later in other countries, characterized chiefly by the replacement of hand tools with power-driven machines such as the power loom and the steam engine, and by the concentration of industry in large establishments.
Industry (economics)
In macroeconomics, an industry is a branch of an economy that produces a closely related set of raw materials, goods, or services.
See Weapon and Industry (economics)
Infantry
Infantry is a specialization of military personnel who engage in warfare combat.
Intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than, primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads).
See Weapon and Intercontinental ballistic missile
Iron Age sword
Swords made of iron (as opposed to bronze) appear from the Early Iron Age (century BC), but do not become widespread before the 8th century BC.
Ironclad warship
An ironclad was a steam-propelled warship protected by steel or iron armor constructed from 1859 to the early 1890s.
See Weapon and Ironclad warship
Jet aircraft
A jet aircraft (or simply jet) is an aircraft (nearly always a fixed-wing aircraft) propelled by one or more jet engines.
Knife legislation
Knife legislation is defined as the body of statutory law or case law promulgated or enacted by a government or other governing jurisdiction that prohibits, criminalizes, or restricts the otherwise legal manufacture, importation, sale, transfer, possession, transport, or use of knives.
See Weapon and Knife legislation
Knight
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
Lance
The English term lance is derived, via Middle English launce and Old French lance, from the Latin lancea, a generic term meaning a spear or javelin employed by both infantry and cavalry, with English initially keeping these generic meanings.
See Weapon and Lance
Laser weapon
A laser weapon is a type of directed-energy weapon that uses lasers to inflict damage.
Law enforcement
Law enforcement is the activity of some members of government who act in an organized manner to enforce the law by discovering, investigating, deterring, rehabilitating, or punishing people who violate the rules and norms governing that society.
See Weapon and Law enforcement
Lightsaber
A lightsaber is a fictional energy sword featured throughout Star Wars.
Limited war
A limited war is one in which the belligerents do not expend all of the resources at their disposal, whether human, industrial, agricultural, military, natural, technological, or otherwise in a specific conflict.
List of aircraft weapons
This is a list of weapons (aircraft ordnance) carried by aircraft.
See Weapon and List of aircraft weapons
List of fictional doomsday devices
Doomsday devices, when used in fiction, are capable of destroying anything from a civilization to an entire universe, and may be used for the purpose of mutually assured destruction, or as weapons in their own right.
See Weapon and List of fictional doomsday devices
List of highly toxic gases
Many gases have toxic properties, which are often assessed using the LC50 (median lethal concentration) measure.
See Weapon and List of highly toxic gases
List of martial arts weapons
Weapons used in the world's martial arts can be classified either by type of weapon or by the martial arts school using them.
See Weapon and List of martial arts weapons
List of practice weapons
This list of practice weapons, is of weapons specifically designed for practice in different martial arts from around the world.
See Weapon and List of practice weapons
List of premodern combat weapons
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons.
See Weapon and List of premodern combat weapons
Lists of weapons
This is an index of lists of weapons. Weapon and lists of weapons are weapons.
See Weapon and Lists of weapons
Local government
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of governance or public administration within a particular sovereign state.
See Weapon and Local government
Lock (firearm)
The lock of a firearm is the mechanism used to initiate firing.
Loiter (aeronautics)
In aeronautics and aviation, loiter is the phase of flight consisting of flying over some small region.
See Weapon and Loiter (aeronautics)
Loitering munition
A loitering munition, also known as a suicide drone,, Center for the Study of the Drone, Feb 2017 kamikaze drone, or exploding drone, is a kind of aerial weapon with a built-in warhead that is typically designed to loiter around a target area until a target is located, then attack the target by crashing into it. Weapon and loitering munition are military equipment.
See Weapon and Loitering munition
Machine gun
A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges.
Magnetic weapon
A magnetic weapon is one that uses magnetic fields to accelerate or stop projectiles, or to focus charged particle beams.
See Weapon and Magnetic weapon
Maneuver warfare
Maneuver warfare, or manoeuvre warfare, is a military strategy which emphasizes movement, initiative and surprise to achieve a position of advantage.
See Weapon and Maneuver warfare
Marine debris
Marine debris, also known as marine litter, is human-created solid material that has deliberately or accidentally been released in seas or the ocean.
Melee weapon
A melee weapon, hand weapon, close combat weapon or fist-load weapon is any handheld weapon used in hand-to-hand combat, i.e. for use within the direct physical reach of the weapon itself, essentially functioning as an additional (and more effective) extension of the user's limbs.
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Militarisation of space
The militarisation of space involves the placement and development of weaponry and military technology in outer space.
See Weapon and Militarisation of space
Military
A military, also known collectively as an armed forces, are a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare.
Military robot
Military robots are autonomous robots or remote-controlled mobile robots designed for military applications, from transport to search & rescue and attack. Weapon and military robot are weapons.
Military technology
Military technology is the application of technology for use in warfare. Weapon and Military technology are military equipment.
See Weapon and Military technology
Military–industrial complex
The expression military–industrial complex (MIC) describes the relationship between a country's military and the defense industry that supplies it, seen together as a vested interest which influences public policy.
See Weapon and Military–industrial complex
Missile
A missile is an airborne ranged weapon capable of self-propelled flight aided usually by a propellant, jet engine or rocket motor.
Mountain gun
Mountain guns are artillery pieces designed for mountain warfare and other areas where wheeled transport is not possible.
Murder
Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.
Musketeer
A musketeer (mousquetaire) was a type of soldier equipped with a musket.
Mutual assured destruction
Mutual assured destruction (MAD) is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy which posits that a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by an attacker on a nuclear-armed defender with second-strike capabilities would result in the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender.
See Weapon and Mutual assured destruction
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Greek νέος 'new' and λίθος 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Europe, Asia and Africa.
Non-lethal weapon
Non-lethal weapons, also called nonlethal weapons, less-lethal weapons, less-than-lethal weapons, non-deadly weapons, compliance weapons, or pain-inducing weapons are weapons intended to be less likely to kill a living target than conventional weapons such as knives and firearms with live ammunition. Weapon and non-lethal weapon are military equipment.
See Weapon and Non-lethal weapon
Nuclear arms race
The nuclear arms race was an arms race competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
See Weapon and Nuclear arms race
Nuclear fission
Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei.
See Weapon and Nuclear fission
Nuclear fusion
Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei, usually deuterium and tritium (hydrogen isotopes), combine to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).
Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear terrorism refers to any person or persons detonating a nuclear weapon as an act of terrorism (i.e., illegal or immoral use of violence for a political or religious cause).
See Weapon and Nuclear terrorism
Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.
Obsidian
Obsidian is a naturally occurring volcanic glass formed when lava extruded from a volcano cools rapidly with minimal crystal growth.
Offensive weapon
An offensive weapon is a tool made, adapted or intended for the purpose of inflicting physical injury upon another person. Weapon and offensive weapon are weapons.
See Weapon and Offensive weapon
Overview of gun laws by nation
Gun laws and policies, collectively referred to as firearms regulation or gun control, regulate the manufacture, sale, transfer, possession, modification, and use of small arms by civilians.
See Weapon and Overview of gun laws by nation
Pike (weapon)
A pike is a long thrusting spear formerly used in European warfare from the Late Middle Ages and most of the early modern period, and wielded by foot soldiers deployed in pike square formation, until it was largely replaced by bayonet-equipped muskets.
Post-classical history
In world history, post-classical history refers to the period from about 500 CE to 1500 CE, roughly corresponding to the European Middle Ages.
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Projectile
A projectile is an object that is propelled by the application of an external force and then moves freely under the influence of gravity and air resistance.
Propellant
A propellant (or propellent) is a mass that is expelled or expanded in such a way as to create a thrust or another motive force in accordance with Newton's third law of motion, and "propel" a vehicle, projectile, or fluid payload.
Radar
Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site.
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Railway gun
A railway gun, also called a railroad gun, is a large artillery piece, often surplus naval artillery, mounted on, transported by, and fired from a specially designed railway wagon.
Ranged weapon
A ranged weapon is any weapon that can engage targets beyond hand-to-hand distance, i.e. at distances greater than the physical reach of the user holding the weapon itself.
Renaissance
The Renaissance is a period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries.
Research and development
Research and development (R&D or R+D; also known in Europe as research and technological development or RTD) is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products and carrier science computer marketplace e-commerce, copy center and service maintenance troubleshooting software, hardware improving existing ones.
See Weapon and Research and development
Revolution in military affairs
A revolution in military affairs (RMA) is a hypothesis in military theory about the future of warfare, often connected to technological and organizational recommendations for military reform.
See Weapon and Revolution in military affairs
Right of self-defense
The right of self-defense (also called, when it applies to the defense of another, alter ego defense, defense of others, defense of a third person) is the right for people to use reasonable or defensive force, for the purpose of defending one's own life (self-defense) or the lives of others, including, in certain circumstances, the use of deadly force.
See Weapon and Right of self-defense
Riot control
Riot control measures are used by law enforcement, military, paramilitary or security forces to control, disperse, and arrest people who are involved in a riot, unlawful demonstration or unlawful protest.
Rock (geology)
In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter.
Rocket (weapon)
In military terminology, a rocket is a self-propelled, unguided or guided, weapon-system powered by a rocket engine.
See Weapon and Rocket (weapon)
Sail
A sail is a tensile structure, which is made from fabric or other membrane materials, that uses wind power to propel sailing craft, including sailing ships, sailboats, windsurfers, ice boats, and even sail-powered land vehicles.
See Weapon and Sail
Schöningen spears
The Schöningen spears are a set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany.
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Schneider-Creusot
Schneider et Compagnie, also known as Schneider-Creusot for its birthplace in the French town of Le Creusot, was a historic iron and steel-mill company which became a major arms manufacturer.
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Science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
See Weapon and Science fiction
Self-defense
Self-defense (self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm.
Service pistol
A service pistol (also known as a standard-issue pistol or a personal ordnance weapon) is any handgun issued to regular military personnel or law enforcement officers.
Ship
A ship is a large vessel that travels the world's oceans and other navigable waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized missions, such as defense, research and fishing.
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Sidearm (weapon)
A sidearm is an individual-served weapon that is kept at one's side and can be rapidly accessed if needed.
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Siege
A siege (lit) is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or by well-prepared assault.
See Weapon and Siege
Siege engine
A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent heavy castle doors, thick city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare.
Small arms and light weapons
Small arms and light weapons (SALW) refers in arms control protocols to two main classes of man-portable weapons.
See Weapon and Small arms and light weapons
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
Space weapon
Space weapons are weapons used in space warfare.
Spear
A spear is a polearm consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a pointed head.
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Spoke
A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface.
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Star Trek
Star Trek is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the eponymous 1960s television series and became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon.
Star Wars
Star Wars is an American epic space opera media franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon.
Stasis (fiction)
A stasis or stasis field, in science fiction, is a confined area of space in which time has been stopped or the contents have been rendered motionless.
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Steam engine
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid.
Submarine
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater.
Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
Suicide weapon
A suicide weapon is a weapon designed to be used in a suicide attack, typically based on explosives.
Sword
A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting.
See Weapon and Sword
Tank
A tank is an armoured fighting vehicle intended as a primary offensive weapon in front-line ground combat.
See Weapon and Tank
Technological escalation
Technological escalation describes the situation where two parties in competition tend to employ continual technological improvements in their attempt to defeat each other.
See Weapon and Technological escalation
Technology during World War I
Technology during World War I (1914–1918) reflected a trend toward industrialism and the application of mass-production methods to weapons and to the technology of warfare in general.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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Total war
Total war is a type of warfare that includes any and all (including civilian-associated) resources and infrastructure as legitimate military targets, mobilises all of the resources of society to fight the war, and gives priority to warfare over non-combatant needs.
Toy gun
Toy guns are toys which imitate real guns, but are designed for recreational sport or casual play by children.
Trebuchet
A trebuchet (trébuchet) is a type of catapult that uses a rotating arm with a sling attached to the tip to launch a projectile.
Trireme
A trireme (derived from trirēmis, "with three banks of oars"; cf. Ancient Greek: triērēs, literally "three-rower") was an ancient vessel and a type of galley that was used by the ancient maritime civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea, especially the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks and Romans.
Twig
A twig is a thin, often short, branch of a tree or bush.
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Unexploded ordnance
Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), and explosive remnants of war (ERW or ERoW) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and other munitions) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.
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Vehicle
A vehicle is a machine designed for self-propulsion, usually to transport people, cargo, or both.
Vickers
Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999.
War
War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organized groups.
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Warship
A warship or combatant ship is a ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare.
Weapon
A weapon, arm, or armament is any implement or device that is used to deter, threaten, inflict physical damage, harm, or kill. Weapon and weapon are military equipment, security, war and weapons.
Weapon mount
A weapon mount is an assembly or mechanism used to hold a weapon (typically a gun) onto a platform in order for it to function at maximum capacity.
Weapon of mass destruction
A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill or significantly harm many people or cause great damage to artificial structures (e.g., buildings), natural structures (e.g., mountains), or the biosphere.
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World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
See also
Military equipment
- ADA (smart antenna)
- ASTRAL propagation model
- Accoutrements
- Allegations of Iraqi mobile weapons laboratories
- Basha (tarpaulin)
- Blackout light
- Entrenching tool
- Firearm rack
- Fulton MX991/U Flashlight
- G.I. pocket stove
- Gun F/X Tactical Development
- Historic, retired or reserve equipment of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force
- Joint Tactical Ground Station
- Laser sight (firearms)
- List of countries by level of military equipment
- Lists of military equipment
- Loitering munition
- Militaria
- Military aircraft
- Military asset
- Military drums
- Military satellite
- Military technology
- Modular Command Post System
- Non-lethal weapon
- Paradummy
- Spike strip
- Submachine gun
- Targeting (warfare)
- Theater Event System
- Train-and-equip program
- Uniformology
- Weapon
Weapons
- Ammunition
- Ancillary weapon
- Area denial weapons
- Arms control
- Arms race
- Artillery
- Biological weapons
- Blade weapons
- Ceremonial weapons
- Circular review system
- Conventional weapon
- Crew served weapons
- Cyberweapon
- Deadly weapon
- Edged and bladed weapons
- Firearms
- Guided weapons
- Hunting weapon
- Improvised weapon
- Incendiary weapons
- Large-calibre artillery
- Lists of weapons
- Military robot
- Mythological weapons
- Non-lethal weapons
- Offensive weapon
- Personal weapons
- Projectile weapons
- Refugees as weapons
- Signature weapon
- Space weapons
- Suicide weapons
- War trophy
- Weapon
- Weapon (biology)
- Weapon guidance
- Weaponization of everything
- Weaponry (radio program)
- Weapons in science fiction
- Weapons of mass destruction
- Weapons trade
References
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