The Scotland Bill, presently before Westminster, transfers new powers to Holyrood such as control over national speed limits and air weapons.
The most determined effort to develop a small, cheap guided weapon, though, is the Forward Firing Miniature Munition (F2M2, or Spike missile), from the Naval Air Weapons Station in China Lake, California.
The bill contains other less controversial clauses on domestic violence, gangs, cowboy wheel clampers, unauthorised possession of mobile phones in prisons, compensating UK victims of overseas terrorism, controls on air weapons and restrictions on all-night drinking.
Both snag radio communication, phone calls and emissions from air defense weapons and pinpoint their origins.
The Air Force Weapons School provides advanced training for a handful of elite officers each year in traditional skills, like teaching aerial combat, reconnaissance and bombing, and also for the growing ranks of drone pilots.
However, a fearsome title alone won't clinch a multi-million dollar sale, so military trade events like air shows give weapons manufacturers a chance to show off their products -- even if the hard sell has been done over months and years of networking and negotiations.
Taken together, these instruments have come to be called "soft power" (as opposed to the traditional kind of "hard power" represented by armies, navies, air forces and nuclear weapons).
But generally the players came up with more questions than answers, both about how deterrence might work in the 21st century and how to employ the new weapons the Air Force is contemplating.
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LifePoint's device measures drugs in saliva by using a chemical the Navy used during the Gulf War to detect biological or chemical weapons in the air.
So the addition of atomic weapons to the air campaign in August of 1945 simply reinforced the already widespread belief that bombers were something new and special.
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These include: eight sophisticated diesel submarines, advanced SU-30 fighter aircraft, modern air-to-air and air-to-surface weapons, supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles and as many as 350 short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
He also emphasized the need for boost-phase defenses, for which sea-, air- and space-based weapons will be necessary.
Mr Netanyahu would not confirm what was widely believed to have been an Israeli air strike on a suspected Syrian government weapons convoy in January.
However, he said there was no indication that the rebels were armed with heavy weapons or surface-to-air missiles.
"The federal government has viewed for years that he has this almost mystical ability to fabricate weapons or bombs almost out of thin air, " Kleinman said.
The capability to strike at very long range with very great accuracy using conventional weapons has been a goal of strategic air power since the invention of the airplane.
The RQ-170 Sentinel is an advanced high-altitude surveillance drone used by both the US Air Force and the CIA. It does not carry weapons.
The Israeli Air Force fired a missile at a building it said was a weapons storehouse.
The Syrian military says Israeli jets have carried out an air strike on its territory, but denied reports that lorries carrying weapons bound for Lebanon were hit.
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The profound problems the Air Force--and indeed the entire military--has with weapons development and procurement is a separate issue.
When this was discovered by air reconnaissance in October 1962, Kennedy imposed a quarantine on all offensive weapons bound for Cuba.
Jet-packs give people the ability to soar through the air like Superman while protective clothing keeps soldiers and emergency personnel safe from weapons, fire and other extreme elements.
UNITA, evaluating the strength of the government's build-up and air power, opted for a tactical withdrawal, taking most of its heavy weapons, and the civilian population, with it.
Our correspondent said the meeting was taking place as developments, including Israeli air strikes on targets in Syria and concerns about the possible use of chemical weapons, risk bringing the conflict into an even more dangerous phase.
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As a benign example of how transatlantic teams can stimulate competition in high-tech weapons making, defence analysts cite the fierce competition to supply Britain with an air-to-ground surveillance system.
But after consulting with Federal Air Marshal Service leaders, the agency opted to continue excluding knives that most closely resemble weapons, specifically knives with blades that lock in place, or have molded hand grips.
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Iraq expelled U.N. weapons inspectors in 1998, prompting four days of U.S. and British air raids.
Administration officials and others take our superiority in the air for granted and thereby conclude we don't need to make big investments on future weapons systems to maintain that superiority.
Its exceptionally long range, large payload and resilience to detection and attack by even advanced air defenses (like those fielded by Iraq) offer policy-makers the means to bring weapons to bear on distant targets with a minimum of delay or risk of loss of American lives.
The RQ-4A Global Hawk drone crashed during a routine training flight from Naval Air Station Patuxent River, according to Jamie Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for the Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons Program at the base.
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