weapon of mass destruction
Catastrophic military armament
A weapon of mass destruction is a weapon capable of killing large numbers of people or causing catastrophic damage to infrastructure or the environment.
The category typically includes nuclear, chemical, biological, and radiological weapons.
Often abbreviated WMD: The invasion was justified by claims about weapons of mass destruction that proved unfounded.
- WMDCatastrophic armament category
- nuclearOf atomic energy
- Trinity testInitial nuclear weapon explosion
- NBCAmerican television network
- ground zeroExplosion's central impact point
biological · dirty bomb · mushroom cloud · sarin gas · Manhattan Project · nerve agent · atomic bomb · fallout shelter · radiation effects · civilian casualties · uranium · yellow cake · Cold War · hydrogen bomb · neutron bomb · bunker buster · IAEA · arms race
weapon of mass destructionhumanitarian aid
Crisis relief for sufferers
vaccine · medical supplies · food aid · peacekeeping force · diplomatic solution
weapon of mass destructionsmart bomb
Self-guided explosive weapon
sniper rifle · guided missile · drone strike · laser-guided bomb · scalpel
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