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  1. conventional weaponnoun

    A weapon of warfare which is not nuclear, chemical, or biological in nature.

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  1. Conventional weapon

    The terms conventional weapons or conventional arms generally refer to weapons that are in relatively wide use that are not weapons of mass destruction. Conventional weapons include small arms and light weapons, sea and land mines, as well as bombs, shells, rockets, missiles and cluster munitions. These weapons use explosive material based on chemical energy, as opposed to nuclear energy in nuclear weapons. The acceptable use of all types of conventional weapons in war time is governed by the Geneva Conventions. Certain types of conventional weapons are also regulated or prohibited under the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. Other are prohibited under the Convention on Cluster Munitions and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction.

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  1. conventional weapon

    A weapon which is neither nuclear, biological, nor chemical.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of conventional weapon in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of conventional weapon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2


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