Military commanders used to order a warhead be randomly taken out of the inventory periodically and exploded to verify that the weapons would work if launched.
The draft calls for each country that ratifies the treaty to establish regulations for the export of ammunition "fired, launched or delivered" by the weapons covered by the convention.
Yet, neither the President nor his surrogates mounted a robust and sustained challenge to what amounted to an endlessly repeated "Big Lie" - namely, that the "war in Iraq" was an elective and unnecessary one, launched on the false pretense of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that did not, in fact, exist and, therefore, in the absence of any real threat to this country.
Some analysts say it may have used the proceeds to acquire sophisticated weapons such as shoulder-launched ground-to-air missiles.
It is a big headache for Western countries worried about advanced weapons such as shoulder-launched missiles, or those suitable for use by insurgents or independent militias.
About 300 Taliban fighters from Konduz launched the rebellion Sunday when they smuggled weapons and explosives into the compound, which alliance forces used as a prison to hold surrendering fighters.
With other countries, notably China, finding new ways to sink ships and shoot down planes and satellites, the QDR considers a new generation of long-range weapons such as unmanned bombers launched from aircraft carriers and long-range cruise missiles fired from submarines.
Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, was a sadistic tyranny that developed and used weapons of mass destruction, launched aggressive attacks and wars against Iran, Kuwait, Israel and Saudi Arabia, and supported terrorists by providing them with safe harbor, funds, training and other help.
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That means North Korea's current nuclear weapons are simply too heavy to be launched by a vehicle similar to the one tested Sunday.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives launched the Fast and Furious program in Arizona to track weapons purchases by Mexican drug cartels.
"Sanctuaries" for ballistic missile submarines, keep-out zones, limits on sea-launched cruise missiles and bans on various types of tactical nuclear weapons have been hardy perennials of Soviet diplomacy.
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If we were to have only a few hundred weapons, we would probably keep only our submarine launched missiles, leaving just two or three different types of warheads.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives launched "Operation Fast and Furious" out of Arizona to track weapons purchases by Mexican drug cartels.
The governments that launched the war claimed to be 100% convinced that there were such weapons, but they had 0% knowledge of where these weapons were.
In late April, a research group focusing on socially responsible investing launched a database listing companies doing business with countries supporting terrorism and developing weapons of mass destruction.
Experts on China's military also say that generals have been lobbying for larger increases in real military spending to help fund the development of costly weapons systems including aircraft carriers, the first of which was launched last year, and stealth fighters, a prototype of which made its first test flight in 2011.
The Harvard team suggests speeding up a project launched in 1994 to purchase 500 tonnes of highly-enriched uranium released from Russian weapons and blend it down over 20 years for use in civilian reactors.
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Moreover, Shaw describes the incident in the context of a larger Baathist Iraqi effort to hide powerful arms by moving them to Syria, Lebanon, and possibly Iran - an account bolstered by satellite photographs released Thursday showing truck convoys at several weapons sites in the weeks before U.S. military operations were launched.
"Even on the worst days, we've been able to use some precision weapons: TLAMS (Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles) or CALCMs (Conventional Air Launched Cruise Missiles), " said Vice Adm.
It says she launched what she called "The Caliber Collection" leading to a proposal to sell bracelets repurposed from weapons in conjunction with MTV that will be promoted at the MTV movie awards this weekend.
North Korea launched a satellite into orbit atop a long-range rocket in December, conducted its third nuclear weapons test in February and announced earlier this month that it was abandoning the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
The conflict, launched by the Bush administration in March 2003, soon became hugely unpopular as claims that Saddam Hussein was hiding weapons of mass destruction and supporting al-Qaeda militants turned out to be untrue.
In light of this new report, which contradicts earlier US intelligence assessments that claimed it would be years before Iran is able to build nuclear weapons, it is possible that Iran ordered the current war in Gaza for the same reason it launched its war in 2006: to divert international attention away from its nuclear program.
Throughout his tenure as prime minister, Israel never once launched a sustained operation aimed at blocking Hamas, Fatah and their sister organizations in Gaza from transporting ever more lethal weapons systems into the area through its border with Egypt.
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