Conventional weapon

Conventional weapons are those weapons that are not weapons of mass destruction.^[1] They can include weapons such as armoured fighting vehicles, armed helicopters, combat aircraft, artillery and warships.^[2] They can also include (but are not limited to) small arms, ammunition, cluster munitions, incendiary device and land mines.^[2] There is no single definition of conventional weapons.^[3] But they are the main weapons used in modern conventional warfare.^[2]

UN Register of Conventional Arms

The United Nations set up the UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) in 1991.^[4] UN member nations add details of their imports and exports of conventional weapons.^[4] There are seven categories of conventional weapons in the register.^[4]

Category I – Battle tanks.^[5]
Category II – Armored combat vehicles.^[5]
Category III – Large-calibre artillery systems.^[5]
Category IV – Combat aircraft.^[5]
Category V – Attack helicopters.^[5]
Category VI – Warships.^[5]
Category VII – Missiles and missile launchers.^[5]

Related pages

References

↑ "conventional weapon". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
1 2 3 "Weapons and Their Impacts on Communities Conventional Weapons". International Peace Bureau. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
↑ European Security, eds. Wilfried von Bredow; Thomas Jäger; Gerhard Kümmel (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; London: MacMillan Press Ltd., 1997), p. 82
1 2 3 Peter Hough; Shahin Malik; Andrew Moran; Bruce Pilbeam (London; New York: Routledge, 2015), p. 134
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Global Reported Arms Trade; The UN Register of Conventional Arms". United Nations. Retrieved 19 September 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

Other websites

[1] "conventional weapon". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[IPB-2] 1 2 3 "Weapons and Their Impacts on Communities Conventional Weapons". International Peace Bureau. Archived from the original on 24 November 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

[3] European Security, eds. Wilfried von Bredow; Thomas Jäger; Gerhard Kümmel (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; London: MacMillan Press Ltd., 1997), p. 82

[Hough134-4] 1 2 3 Peter Hough; Shahin Malik; Andrew Moran; Bruce Pilbeam (London; New York: Routledge, 2015), p. 134

[UN-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "The Global Reported Arms Trade; The UN Register of Conventional Arms". United Nations. Retrieved 19 September 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

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