Biology s Armaments Race

The automobile does not have any weapons.

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We do not exhaust our resources on weapons.

The possibility of a Sino Japanese arms race is becoming increasingly real.

Watch Amnesty International's anti arms fair video.

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But tactical weapons are not a serious threat to anybody.

At the time, I was against armament in all its forms.

Russia has begun a war of words over Ukraine s supply of arms to Georgia.

European politicians overwhelming opposition to supplying Ukraine with defensive arms is difficult to fathom.

Then again, a war does not have to display state of the art weaponry to convey a powerful political message.

The challenge that small arms and light weapons pose for us is complex.

Those arms fuel underlying tensions, exacerbate conflicts and hamper peacebuilding efforts.

Washington has protested against Russian military sales to Belarus, China, Iran, Syria, Uzbekistan, and Venezuela.

In large parts of the world, small arms and light weapons are weapons of mass destruction.

Iranians think such an attack unlikely if they do not cross the red line of actual weaponization.

Creating a special EU defense budget, to finance common missions, capabilities and weapons programs

It is a mistake, however, to believe that extended deterrence depends on parity in numbers of nuclear weapons.

The research was undertaken by the Weapons Technology Division in collaboration with Prof. Mieczyslaw Wolfke and Prof. Gustaw Mokrzycki.

In recent years, small arms and light weapons have increasingly become the focus of international attention.

Sakr came to vote, but no mention of his involvement in the arms deal was made.

Germany and Japan say that they want a permanent seat on the UN Security Council, but neither has yet followed through on its own pledges to help the world's poorest people.

The US claims that it helps the world fight poverty, but instead spends its money on weapons.

By banning all nuclear explosions, the CTBT hampers both first time development of nuclear weapons and substantial improvements to them.

More importantly, Russia considers these weapons insurance against the possibility of Chinese conventional superiority.

With Azerbaijan having spent extravagantly on armaments in recent years it may now have convinced itself that it now holds the upper hand.

The NPR also commits the US not to develop new nuclear weapons, missions, or capabilities. Obama s administration will instead continue to enhance the roles and capabilities of US conventional forces to perform missions previously assigned to nuclear weapons.

Russian industrial exports primarily consist of armaments, with advanced aircraft accounting for more than half of sales.

Modi s government is desperate to diversity its sources of advanced weapons and become self reliant in defense production.

The NPR also commits the US not to develop new nuclear weapons, missions, or capabilities.

On the contrary, a cross party consensus exists in Israel concerning Iran s possible nuclear armament and regional hegemony. All sides agree that, unless there is a diplomatic solution, Iran s possession of nuclear weapons must be prevented in good time and by any means necessary.

Still, it is a bold initiative that should be revived in view of Latin America s incipient arms race.

The PLA has never been deterred or become less aggressive when confronted with an enemy possessing more advanced hardware.

For example, some countries want to develop smaller and usable nuclear weapons designed for pre emptive or preventive military action.

On the contrary, a cross party consensus exists in Israel concerning Iran s possible nuclear armament and regional hegemony.

It needs such weapons to compensate psychologically for NATO s preponderance a reversal of the Cold War epoch in conventional forces.

Many allies face the dilemma of either spending money on operations or investing in new acquisition programs.

Also, the exercise is supposed to check the operability of the missile systems, as well as to carry out the uploading and unloading the missiles.

Also, weapons exporting countries need to assume a greater degree of responsibility in their operations relative to small arms and light weapons.

Small arms and light weapons are now central to all civil wars and armed violence throughout the world.

In this sense, nuclear weapons facilitate normal international relations, just like a good fence helps build good neighborly relations.

LAHORE Recently, it came to light that the United States was attempting to negotiate with Pakistan a deal to constrain the Pakistanis fast growing nuclear weapons program.

4. Determines that it is feasible to develop an international instrument to enable States to identify and trace, in a timely and reliable manner, illicit small arms and light weapons

The threats concentrated in the Middle East are diverse regional conflicts, totalitarian religious ideologies, terrorism, nuclear armament programs, blockades to modernization, unstable regimes and hegemonic ambitions.