The phrase "abandoned weapons" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to weapons that have been left behind or discarded, often in a military or conflict context.
Example: "The soldiers discovered a cache of abandoned weapons in the forest during their patrol."
Alternatives: "discarded arms" or "left-behind weaponry".
A legacy of abandoned weapons is a common one in battle zones, including Afghanistan, which became a bustling secondhand arms bazaar after the Soviet pullout in 1989.
After the fall of Qaddafi, Tuaregs and Toubous raided abandoned weapons depots in southern Libya and sold whatever they didn't keep to insurgent groups in neighboring countries.
The next day, a Russian helicopter hovered over a nearby field, and the police came and searched the area, announcing they had found abandoned weapons and uniforms in the grass.
Mr. Bush called for tighter export controls by the leading nuclear supplier nations, strengthened intelligence and law enforcement against rogue proliferators, and expanded efforts to eliminate or secure nuclear bomb fuel left over from abandoned weapons programs.
Afghan commanders said late last week that it was even possible that the men who came under fire at Zawar Kili were not terrorist leaders, but local smugglers scouring a known Qaeda camp for abandoned weapons.
Britain said today that it would pay about $7 million in compensation to more than 200 Kenyans who were victims of mines and abandoned weapons left on their land by the British Army.
Determined that Libya should cast off its pariah status, he led the negotiations on abandoning weapons of mass destruction.
But Mr. Kristof is wrong to suggest that Libya was intimidated by United States action in Iraq into abandoning weapons programs.
Libya's agreement to get rid of its HEU was part of a package for Gaddafi to end his pariah status by abandoning weapons of mass destruction.
Libyan officials now insist that the United States has done little to reward the concessions and undermined its credibility as it presses Iran and North Korea to abandon weapons programs.
G.M., which has been posting quarterly losses, intends to take advantage of American and European programs that pay former Soviet scientists to abandon weapons development for peaceful projects, said Alan Taub, G.M.'s director of research and development.
