Please note, this is nothing at all about the politics, about modern weapons, who argues for what.
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On Sunday, Mr. Singh indicated the government could intensify its fight against the rebels who are skilled in jungle warfare and equipped with modern weapons.
While the poachers are always armed with modern weapons - and have been known to use them on tigers - the technique of lacing bait is far less arduous and carries fewer risks.
Moreover, they are needed for modern weapons systems.
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Modern weapons are often so complex that there are only two or three competent suppliers for any given system, and once a major award is won, the company that prevails becomes a monopoly supplier of the system in question.
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About 10% of bomblets in modern cluster weapons usually fail, weapons experts say.
The announcement that the United States would terminate production of modern chemical weapons as part of a deal with Moscow to reduce the U.S. and Soviet chemical arsenals.
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Rare earths metals play a large role in current modern technology, cruise missiles and other weapons systems.
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Some 100, 000 visitors are expected to view the around 8, 000 objects from 95 French and international dealers in an enormous range of disciplines, including ancient, modern and Asian art, jewelry, weapons, ceramics, glass, furniture, books and tapestries.
The Obama administration is, nonetheless, seeking no funds for replacing existing weapons with designs that include modern safety features, let alone ones that are more suited to the deterrent missions of today - against states like North Korea and Iran, rather than the hardened silos of the Soviet Union.
Modern sporting rifles are among the most profitable weapons that gunmakers produced, says Rommel Dionisio, a Wedbush Securities analyst, as well as one of its fastest-growing segments.
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As a result, the legacy stockpile does not possess many of the safety features a modern design would include, and these legacy weapons have capabilities for detonation-yield and accuracy that are not aligned with today's post-Cold War needs.
The assault weapons ban would restrict what gun manufacturers call modern sporting rifles.
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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.
It is simply not possible today to prevent countries with modern commercial chemical industries from also having thereby the ability to produce chemical weapons.
In a sign of the gun lobby's influence, a nine-day sports and outdoor show scheduled to take place in Pennsylvania next month was postponed Thursday because the NRA withdrew its support over the decision by organizers to ban the display of "modern sporting rifles" -- the kind of semi-automatic weapons targeted by Feinstein's proposal.
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