Sentence examples for weapons from inspiring English sources

Close observers of his military say Syria is having trouble keeping its sophisticated and maintenance-intensive weapons functioning.

But in the end it all comes down to values, not money or weapons or insider influence.

Western science led to the invention of gunpowder and other superior military weapons that outclassed bows, arrows and spears.

The MoD's own Gray review spoke of "toxic incentives" to overspend on weapons systems.

The attackers used grenade launchers and automatic weapons to fire at the Ukrainian column, hitting an armoured personnel carrier.

However, the Nobel committee's citation said the prize was a more general one, to mark "its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons" and nudge the few remaining nations that had not yet signed up to the organisation.

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has become the surprise choice for this year's Nobel peace prize, a decision the Oslo committee said recognised both its current, hazardous mission to destroy Syria's chemical weapons stocks and 16 years of wider global efforts.

But Obama made use of the historical setting to try to conjure the very same sort of shared values that brought western nations together when the iron curtain divided Europe; he announced plans to cut nuclear weapons.

He added: "After a comprehensive review I've determined that we can ensure the security of America and our allies – and maintain a strong and credible strategic deterrent – while reducing our deployed strategic nuclear weapons by up to one-third".

After all, conflict and power-plays are ultimately about people, not about the weapons that act on our behalf.

Vehicles, weapons and boss battles mean it has plenty of its own ideas to add though.