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	Conventional weapon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A conventional weapon is a weapon that does not incorporate chemical, biological or nuclear payloads.
		The phrase is a retronym, invented to describe the arsenal that existed before the other categories of weapons were heavily researched in the 20th century, such as gunpowder-propelled weapons, such as a handgun.
		Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) - which controls weapons that create non-detectable fragments/shrapnel, landmines and booby traps, blinding lasers, incendiary bombs and explosive remnants of war.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conventional_weapon (147 words)

	Nuclear Weapons in the Twenty-First Century
		Such weapons might be, but do not need to be, based on simple gun-assembled uranium designs that do not require a plutonium infrastructure and that do not require the same sophistication in nuclear weapons science and engineering as our current stockpile.
		Nuclear weapons systems are sometimes considered expensive to maintain due to their complexity, their unique characteristics, and the lack of private industry support of some components of their infrastructure.
		Nuclear weapons, as the most destructive instruments yet invented, must be considered as part of a coordinated national security program that employs diplomacy, arms control initiatives, and conventional forces to optimize stability and peace in the world.
	www.fas.org /nuke/guide/usa/doctrine/doe/younger.htm (8246 words)

	Conventional - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The adjective conventional may be used in the sense of
		conventional weapon, one which does not incorporate chemical, biological or nuclear payloads
		This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conventional (85 words)

	INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON TRANSPARENCY IN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		ARTICLE II The objective of this Convention is to contribute more fully to regional openness and transparency in the acquisition of conventional weapons by exchanging information regarding such acquisitions, for the purpose of promoting confidence among States in the Americas.
		Any State that is not a member of the Organization of American States may contribute to the objective of this Convention by providing information annually to the depositary on its exports of conventional weapons to the States Parties to this Convention.
		This Convention shall enter into force on the 30th day following the date of deposit with the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States of the sixth instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession by a member state of the Organization of American States.
	www.oas.org /juridico/english/treaties/a-64.htm (1742 words)

	The "Strategic" Conventional Bombers
		The use of a "strategic" bomber in the conventional role was clearly demonstrated during WWII.
		Conventional training missions put more emphasis on actual weapon drops, adding realism.
		The key to weapons employment in the future will rely on the development of weapons that take advantage of their respective delivery platforms.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/report/1993/DJL.htm (3337 words)

	Safety plug for the firing chamber of a weapon - Patent 4965952
		The safety plug of claim 1 wherein said button defines a rear end portion having an annular recess which is engaged by a conventional weapon extractor for ejecting said plug from the firing chamber of a weapon in normal weapon operation.
		Such weapons are accidently fired by users who may be uncertain as to whether the weapon is in a loaded or unloaded condition.
		It will be noted that the rearward portion of the round 14 is of conventional design and defines an annular recess which is engagable by the ejector of a conventional semi-automatic weapon which is used to discharge or eject the spent shell from the firing chamber.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4965952.html (1829 words)

	Non-Conventional Terrorism
		It need only use conventional weapons against one of the many nuclear reactors in the world, seriously damage the reactor, and thereby release radioactive matter into the atmosphere in such a way as to endanger large population centers.
		Therefore, one must reckon with the possibility of transfer of chemical weapons (unlike nuclear weapons) from one of these countries- particularly those that have not flinched from using chemical weapons against their own citizens and in their wars with neighboring countries- to a terrorist organization in order to perpetrate attacks.
		Homemade biological weapons require the use of sophisticated biological laboratories and resources of diverse kinds, which, on the whole, are not available to terrorist organizations.
	www.ict.org.il /articles/article1.htm (2671 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		According to the equation accepted by the world, it's legitimate to use conventional weapons in response to a conventional attack, and similarly, non-conventional (nuclear, chemical, or biological) weapons in response to a non-conventional attack.
		Here's a scenario: Israel is attacked, by Syria for example, with conventional weapons of equal magnitude to tactical non-conventional weapon – for example, the firing of a thousand missiles, each weighing a ton, within a short period of time.
		The mere discussion of the possibility of a nuclear response to a conventional attack of equal magnitude is the first means for breaking the current common conception that views nuclear arms as a "doomsday weapon" only.
	www.ynetnews.com /Ext/Comp/ArticleLayout/CdaArticlePrintPreview/1,2506,L-3299440,00.html (709 words)

	[12 Apr 1999] DC/2634 : DISARMAMENT COMMISSION OPENS 1999 SESSION, WITH FOCUS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, ...
		While the threat to human security posed by weapons of mass destruction remained of critical concern, the unrestrained build-up of conventional weapons beyond a legitimate level for self-defence threatened the physical safety of people worldwide.
		The devastating effects of the excessive proliferation and misuse of conventional weapons on the social, economic and political progress of nations, especially in such conflict-affected areas as Africa, were well known.
		As much as other weapons, conventional weapons must be dealt with by the international community, particularly because their control often fell outside the control of States and were in the hands of criminal networks.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/1999/19990412.dc2634.html (4290 words)

	Disarmament Diplomacy: Issue No. 1, January 1996 - Contents
		I know that nuclear weapons can alarm, but in a world which is still dangerous, we need to have a deterrent weapon, that is a weapon which serves the end of peace.
		Nuclear weapons no longer play the central role they once did in the national security strategies of the nuclear weapon states because they are of decreasing utility in dealing with today's security problems and uncertainties.
		Issues such as the numbers of missiles, biological and chemical weapons produced and the verification of the unilateral destruction by Iraq of its operational missile systems, chemical and biological weapons, agent stocks and precursors remained to be addressed.
	www.acronym.org.uk /textonly/dd/dd01/index.htm (16586 words)

	Mackubin Thomas Owens on MOAB on National Review Online
		Weighing in at 21,000 pounds, the MOAB is packed with some 18,000 pounds of a gelled slurry of ammonium nitrate and powdered aluminum that is detonated by a highly explosive booster.
		The MOAB seems to be a blast-only version of a weapon designed to destroy buried hardened targets.
		Defense officials reportedly describe the purpose of the weapon as primarily "psychological." The daisy cutter was employed in such a role during the 1991 Gulf War.
	www.nationalreview.com /owens/owens031203.asp (493 words)

	AG/RES. 1607 (XXIX-O/99): Inter-American Convention on Transparency in Conventional Weapons Acquisitions
		These notifications to the depositary shall be made no later than 90 days after incorporation of imported conventional weapons into the inventory of the armed forces.
		Any disagreement that may arise with respect to the application or interpretation of this Convention shall be resolved by any means of peaceful settlement decided upon by the States Parties involved, which undertake to cooperate to this end.
		States Parties may, at the time of adoption, signature, ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession, make reservations to this Convention, provided that such reservations are not incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention and that they concern one or more specific provisions thereof.
	www.state.gov /p/wha/rls/63497.htm (2062 words)

	HK G11 RIFLE WITH CASELESS AMMUNITION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Firing the weapon from the shoulder or the hip is equally as easy and the shooter does not have to be concerned with expended hot cartridge cases flying around.
		The entire mechanical part of the weapon, excluding the trigger, safety and fire selector mechanism is mounted in a floating manner within the sealed receiver.
		It is not uncommon for this friction to be the main cause of malfunctions in conventional weapons.
	www.remtek.com /arms/hk/mil/g11/caseless.htm (2440 words)

	the nuclear information project: Divine Strake 2006
		The conventional Divine Strake test scheduled for June 2006 is expected to create a large mushroom cloud, an image associated with atmospheric nuclear tests in the 1950s and early 1960s.
		For comparison, the largest conventional weapon in the U.S. inventory is the MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Blast) bomb, which contains nearly nine tons of explosives with a yield of approximately 0.012 kt TNT.
		According to the DOE, such HDBTs are used by adversaries for command and control, storage of munitions (including weapons of mass destruction, and long-range missiles), modern air defenses, a variety of tactical weapons, wartime refuge for national leaders, and a multitude of other offensive and defensive military uses.
	www.nukestrat.com /us/stratcom/gs-divinestrake.htm (1714 words)

	NATO Basic Documents
		Conventional arms control is not merely a technical corrective to a self-contained problem.
		Conventional arms control talks should be guided by a coherent political vision which reflects these values.
		Early agreement on a conventional stability mandate, as part of a balanced outcome to the Vienna Follow-up Meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, would be an important step forward.
	www.nato.int /docu/basictxt/b880302a.htm (1718 words)

	Middle East Online
		General Richard Myers, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, would not say whether the new weapon would be deployed to the Iraq theater.
		Rumsfeld treated the event as just another weapons test but acknowledged that Washington is seeking to exert maximum pressure on Iraq.
		The smaller "daisy cutter" was used in Vietnam to clear jungle for helicopter landing pads, in the 1991 Gulf War to clear minefields, and in Afghanistan to clear caves and strike fear in al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters.
	www.middle-east-online.com /english/?id=4640 (523 words)

	MySA.com: Metro \| State
		Russian military officers might misconstrue a submarine-launched conventional D-5 intercontinental ballistic missile and conclude that Russia is under nuclear attack, said MIT's Ted Postol, a physicist and professor of science, technology and national security policy.
		Pavel Podvig, a physicist and weapons specialist at Stanford University, said launching conventional versions of a missile from a submarine that normally carries nuclear ICBMs "expands the possibility for a misunderstanding so widely that it is hard to contemplate."
		The scenario that worries weapons experts is what might happen if the U.S. and North Korea come to blows and a conventional D-5 is launched against a target there from a submerged Trident submarine.
	www.mysanantonio.com /news/metro/stories/MYSA100606.15A.NuclearWar.28668f7.html (532 words)

	International Humanitarian Law - CCW Protocol III 1980
		United Nations Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects.
		The need of additional conventions prohibiting or limiting the use of certain methods and means of warfare was emphasized in the resolutions of the International Red Cross Conference of 1965 and of the International Conference on Human Rights of 1968 as well as in Resolution 2444 (XXIII) of the United Nations General Assembly of 1968.
		The Convention and the three Protocols annexed to it were adopted by consensus on 10 October 1980 and opened for signature on 10 April 1981.
	www.icrc.org /ihl.nsf/INTRO/515?OpenDocument (426 words)

	conventional - Definitions from Dictionary.com
		of or pertaining to a convention or assembly.
		Devoted to or bound by conventions to the point of artificiality; ceremonious.
		(weapons) using energy for propulsion or destruction that is not nuclear energy; "conventional warfare"; "conventional weapons" [ant: atomic]
	dictionary.reference.com /search?q=conventional&r=66 (388 words)

	MichaelMoore.com : Pentagon Clarifies Nevada Intent
		Pentagon officials apologized to members of Congress yesterday for generating fears about an unusual military experiment to detonate 700 tons of explosives in the Nevada desert in June, and they said the test was not designed to simulate a low-yield nuclear explosion, even though government budget documents had described it that way.
		Officials said the test, code-named Divine Strake, is part of research to "determine the potential for future non-nuclear concepts" -- such as high-energy weapons or the simultaneous use of multiple conventional bombs to destroy deeply buried and fortified military targets.
		The controversy over the test was fueled this week by conflicting statements from DTRA as to whether research from the blast had applications only to conventional weapons, or also to nuclear devices.
	www.michaelmoore.com /words/latestnews/index.php?id=6455 (718 words)

	Forget WMD -- It's Conventional Arms That Are Killing GIs And Iraqis
		U.S. policymakers were consumed with finding weapons of mass destruction, mission planners largely ignored the threat of conventional weapons.
		Second, many are buying weapons on the fl market and turning them in to the Americans for a profit.
		United States must destroy weapons quickly, preferably in a public demonstration, and securely stockpile those that have yet to be destroyed.
	www.cdi.org /program/issue/document.cfm?DocumentID=2318&IssueID=89&StartRow=1&ListRows=10&appendURL=&Orderby=DateLastUpdated&ProgramID=23&issueID=89 (554 words)

	The Ultimate Standoff Weapon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		However, the missile would also seem to be an excellent candidate for a carrier vehicle for conventional weapons, at least in the near term.
		The conventional ICBM could be maintained in a relatively low state of readiness in extremely well-defended sanctuary areas such as the continental US or Hawaii.
		Application of ballistic missiles as a conventional weapon is burgeoning worldwide, and the US needs to take the lead to avoid a conventional ICBM gap with a plethora of unstable, unpredictable, third-world countries.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/apj/london.html (4249 words)

	Arms controversy in Iraq \| csmonitor.com
		Although they involve a chemical process, white phosphorous rounds are not classified as chemical weapons, and they are seen among weapons experts as no more inherently sinister than any other conventional weapon.
		Yet the claims made by an Italian television station - that women and children were found with melted skin despite the fact that their clothes were unharmed - are consistent with the action of white phosphorous, scientists say.
		In a war that has already brought grotesque evidence of prisoner abuse and is subject to conflicted opinions at home, the reports are another blow to the military and a reminder of the brutal nature of war - and they could heighten the question of whether the American public has the will to continue.
	www.csmonitor.com /2005/1118/p03s01-usmi.htm (587 words)

	New Weapon in Iraq
		The secret tank-mounted weapon was witnessed in all its frightening power by Majid al-Ghazali, a seasoned Iraqi infantryman who described the device and its gruesome effects as unlike anything he had ever encountered in his lengthy military service.
		Via email, he told me he has seen virtually every type of conventional weapon employed in battle, and is well acquainted with their effects on people and machines, but nothing in his extensive combat experience prepared him for the shock of what he saw in Baghdad on April 12th.
		That requires making the weapons not only high powered, but also rugged and relatively small, which Air Force Col. Eileen Walling labeled "extremely challenging and technically difficult" in a paper she wrote in 2000 on the weapons.
	www.prahlad.org /pub/bearden/new_weapon_in_iraq.htm (1452 words)

	Experts warn of an accidental atomic war / Nuclear missile modified for conventional attack on Iran could set off alarm ...
		Russian military officers might misconstrue a submarine-launched conventional D5 intercontinental ballistic missile and conclude that Russia is under nuclear attack, said Ted Postol, a physicist and professor of science, technology and national security policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Pavel Podvig, a physicist and weapons specialist at Stanford.
		Mixing conventional and nuclear D5s on a U.S. Trident submarine "would be very dangerous," Podvig said, because the Russians have no way of discriminating between the two types of missiles once they are launched.
		The scenario that worries Postol, Podvig and other weapons experts is what might happen if the United States and North Korea come to blows and a conventional D5 is launched against a target there from a submerged Trident submarine.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/06/MNGF9LJSMM1.DTL (875 words)

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