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.

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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.

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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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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.

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