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A conventional weapon or conventional arm is a weapon
Weapon

A weapon is a tool used to apply or threaten to apply force for the purpose of hunting, attack or defense in combat, subduing enemy personnel, or to destroy enemy weapons, equipment and defensive structures....
 that is not forbidden according to conventions, such as the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Convention on Cluster Munitions

The Convention on Cluster Munitions is an international treaty that prohibits the use of cluster bombs, a type of weapon which scatters submunitions over an area....
 or the Ottawa Treaty
Ottawa Treaty

The Ottawa Treaty or the Mine Ban Treaty, formally the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, bans completely all anti-personnel mines ....
. Although the term 'conventional weapons' is primarily used to refer to explosive weapons the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons also includes controls on blinding laser, incendiary weapons and cluster munitions.

Conventional Weapons are mainly refered to as BOMBS








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A conventional weapon or conventional arm is a weapon
Weapon

A weapon is a tool used to apply or threaten to apply force for the purpose of hunting, attack or defense in combat, subduing enemy personnel, or to destroy enemy weapons, equipment and defensive structures....
 that is not forbidden according to conventions, such as the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Convention on Cluster Munitions

The Convention on Cluster Munitions is an international treaty that prohibits the use of cluster bombs, a type of weapon which scatters submunitions over an area....
 or the Ottawa Treaty
Ottawa Treaty

The Ottawa Treaty or the Mine Ban Treaty, formally the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction, bans completely all anti-personnel mines ....
. Although the term 'conventional weapons' is primarily used to refer to explosive weapons the UN Convention on Conventional Weapons also includes controls on blinding laser, incendiary weapons and cluster munitions.

Conventional Weapons are mainly refered to as BOMBS

See also

  • The inverse of conventional weapons: ABC Weapons, NBC Weapons, CBRN
    CBRN

    CBRN is an acronym for chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear. It is in common use worldwide, to refer to incidents or weapons in which any of these four hazards have presented themselves....
    , Weapons of mass destruction
    Weapons of mass destruction

    A weapon of mass destruction is a weapon that can kill large numbers of humans and/or cause great damage to man-made structures , natural structures , or the biosphere in general....
    , land mines and cluster bombs.
  • Explosive material
    Explosive material

    File:M112 Demolition Charge.jpgAn explosive material is a material that either is chemistry or otherwise energetically unstable or produces a sudden expansion of the material usually accompanied by the production of heat and large changes in pressure upon initiation; this is called the explosion....


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