Sentence examples for operational weapon from inspiring English sources

By this time, the Army was running a "crash program" to turn BZ into an operational weapon.

But in his memo, Mr. Gates wrote of a variety of concerns, including the absence of an effective strategy should Iran choose the course that many government and outside analysts consider likely: Iran could assemble all the major parts it needs for a nuclear weapon — fuel, designs and detonators — but stop just short of assembling a fully operational weapon.

But building a reliable operational weapon requires testing, and since the completion of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty in 1996, a sophisticated global sensing network has come online to ensure that no nuclear test anywhere in the world goes unnoticed.

Dredd's signature weapon, the "Lawgiver" was developed as a fully operational weapon based on a 9mm firing system, capable of firing ammunition and being changed from automatic to semi-auto fire.

Because the array of interceptors and radars remains under development, it has never received the military's official status of being an operational weapons system.

The purpose of WS-199 was the development of technology that would be used in new strategic weapons for the USAF's Strategic Air Command, not to deliver operational weapons; a primary emphasis was on proving the feasibility of an air-launched ballistic missile.

"These courses have been delivered by a team of three: a Sqn Ldr – OC targets training; a Flt Lt – targets specialist; and an MoD civilian C1 – air warfare centre operational analyst: weapons and weaponeering specialist.

It was the fifth French atomic explosion and as customary, no further details were given on size, yield, or whether the "device" is an operational military weapon or a test instrument.

With Iran seemingly getting closer to harnessing the technology needed for an operational nuclear weapon, that region, with Israel looking nervously on, has the potential to go in many directions, some of them very concerning indeed.

The official, who spoke to a group of journalists on condition of anonymity, stressed that reliable information about the North's capabilities is scarce, and he cautioned that he was not confirming that the North had built an operational nuclear weapon.

He also slightly changed the way weapons are counted: A statement issued by the White House referred to operational nuclear weapons -- a figure that would seem to exclude the hundreds being refurbished or inspected at any given time.