Most heavy armaments like tanks and artillery have to be moved by ship from the United States.
But bans on other dangerous but clumsy armaments, like chemical and biological weapons, have been negotiated in the past.
For the past year or so, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have sponsored a structured effort, with U.S. and Turkish backing, to funnel weapons — mainly light armaments like rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and ammunition — to select rebel groups.
For the past year or so, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have sponsored a structured effort, with U.S. and Turkish backing, to funnel weapons mainly light armaments like rifles, rocket-propelled grenades, and ammunition to select rebel groups.
For years the military has sought better sources of electric power in its vehicles — necessary to allow troops to monitor their radios with diesel engines off, to support increasingly high-powered communications technology, and eventually to support electric propulsion and innovative armaments like directed-energy weapons.
Sometimes I wished I had an armament, although, like Virginia Tech, my university does not allow firearms on campus.
The terms of reference for the Committee were for a battleship capable of 21 kn with 12-inch guns and no intermediate calibres, capable of docking in existing drydocks; and a cruiser capable of 25.5 kn, also with 12-inch guns and no intermediate armament, armoured like, the most recent armoured cruiser, and also capable of using existing docks.
I tried to find some insight into the Muslims fighting at the time, looking at themes of social context, jihad, armaments and the like".
Seb Beloe, head of sustainability research at WHEB Asset Management, says: "People seem to be much more interested in focusing their investment on companies that are actively providing solutions to sustainability challenges rather than focusing on areas that they don't like (tobacco, armaments, pornography etc) and then being left with a bunch of banks, insurers, retailers and oil companies".
Each commanding officer outfitted armaments to their liking, taking into consideration factors such as the overall tonnage of cargo, complement of personnel aboard, and planned routes to be sailed.
