weapon
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The government has agreed to hand over blueprints for British-made components for the Scalp missile, a French version of the UK's Storm Shadow cruise missile - allowing Ukraine to produce the weapon domestically.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
This underscores the absurdity of labeling fentanyl a weapon of mass destruction in the first place.
From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2026
He was his team’s most effective weapon until Lance had his big carry midway through the second quarter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
According to the transcript, Davis said in the interview he passed his gun back to Deandre "Big Dre" Smith, but Smith did not want the weapon.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
It’s a powerful weapon that changes form to be whatever the person it answers to needs it to be.
From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas
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The move is expected to trigger months of intensive debate among lawmakers about how to boost the American nuclear industry while curbing the spread of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
It also issued new sanctions against 60 individuals, companies and vessels that allegedly aid Iran in oil revenue generation, weapons procurement and cyber operations.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
But now Ukraine produces 70% of its own weapons.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
Scalp and the Storm Shadow, have been some of the most effective weapons provided to Ukraine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
By the time World War I broke out, lethal new weapons gave the armies of 1914 a concentration of firepower unimaginable in any previous period of warfare.
From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman
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