Conventional weapon
Conventional weapons are those weapons that are not weapons of mass destruction.[1] They can include weapons such as armoured fighting vehicles, armed helicopters, combat aircraft, artillery and warships.[2] They can also include (but are not limited to) small arms, ammunition, cluster munitions and land mines.[2] There is no single definition of conventional weapons.[3] But they are the main weapons used in modern conventional warfare.[2]
UN Register of Conventional Arms
[change | change source]The United Nations set up the UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) in 1991.[4] UN member nations add details of their imports and exports of conventional weapons.[4] There are seven categories of conventional weapons in the register.[4]
- Category I – Battle tanks.[5]
- Category II – Armored combat vehicles.[5]
- Category III – Large-calibre artillery systems.[5]
- Category IV – Combat aircraft.[5]
- Category V – Attack helicopters.[5]
- Category VI – Warships.[5]
- Category VII – Missiles and missile launchers.[5]
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ "conventional weapon". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Weapons and Their Impacts on Communities Conventional Weapons". International Peace Bureau. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ↑ European Security, eds. Wilfried von Bredow; Thomas Jäger; Gerhard Kümmel (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; London: MacMillan Press Ltd., 1997), p. 82
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Peter Hough; Shahin Malik; Andrew Moran; Bruce Pilbeam (London; New York: Routledge, 2015), p. 134
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 "The Global Reported Arms Trade; The UN Register of Conventional Arms". United Nations. Retrieved 19 September 2016.[permanent dead link]