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 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]

1. ↑ "conventional weapon". The Free Dictionary. Farlex. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} "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