arming

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Many in Japan retain a suspicion of military authority, and some worry that arming Japan risks making the country more of a target.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

North Korea also recently carried out missile tests from the naval Choe Hyon destroyer, claiming the country was in the process of "arming the Navy with nuclear weapons".

From Barron's • Mar. 14, 2026

But for a ceasefire to hold it would have to be accompanied by an agreement that regional backers stop arming the parties - and that will not be easy to achieve.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026

A bipartisan group of lawmakers this month proposed arming a new agency with $2.5 billion to support domestic supply chains for rare earths and other critical materials, including through recycling.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

But the idea that someone might be arming the Seam would never have been allowed.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins