US spending in Iraq and Afghanistan helped push global military expenditure up by 3.5 per cent... and China with 4 to 5 per cent each," the Swedish government-funded institute added.Spending on weapons ……

in the new crop of nonlethal weapons, intended to incapacitate people or equipment while minimizing the risk of death.Nonlethal weapons are only a small part of the Pentagon's research and development ……

a difference.There's been no discussion of nuclear weapons. That's not on the table."On the table" means "up for discussion" or "being discussed". In saying "that's not on the table", Obama ……

到底是核武器还是核电站？伊朗核计划让全世界
the war, more and more countries began to make nuclear weapons. People around the world were worried that the weapons might lead to a nuclear war. So later, 187 countries, including Iran, signed an ……

到底是核武器还是核电站？伊朗核计划让全世界"心慌慌"。
the war, more and more countries began to make nuclear weapons. People around the world were worried that the weapons might lead to a nuclear war. So later, 187 countries, including Iran, signed an ……

weapons, US media reported last week.This would potentiallytriggera new global arms race, some experts... that it was not considering putting weapons in space. It said it was making a shift in US space policy to allow ……

ordinary Thursday in Fortul, a small town in Colombia.When he awoke after spending the night at his... is used as an instrument of death.The rebels have turned ordinary people into both weapons ……

this year. China’s major achievements, including the military’s latest weapons, will be on display...量汽车compact carTHE National Development and Reform Commission has drawn up a plan to boost consumer ……

the government had "sexed up its evidence" (made it more attractive) on Iraqi weapons in order...THE death of a British expert on Iraqi weapons programme has added a dark twist to questions about ……

demanding compensation from Japan. The leak came from chemical weapons abandoned by Japanese soldiers... victims suffering from exposure to chemical weapons left by Japanese troops during World War II ……

ethnic cleansings and an arms race.Autonomous weapons, which use artificial intelligence to select... – *feasible within years, not decades,” the letter said. Lower bar for entry The development of such weapons ……

UN arms experts for the first time questioned scientists connected to Iraq's weapons programmes... but the US claimed it made biological weapons.Mark Gwozdecky, chief spokesman for the International ……

both sides were spending a lot on nuclear weapons (核武器) and the space race.The end of Cold War came in 1991 when the Soviet Union collapsed (坍塌). The former Soviet Union broke up into several ……

and biological weapons. He took up the post in March 2000.Blix says the rules of the game had... United Nations weapons inspector, Blix will have to judge whether Iraq meets UN Security Council ……

of the weapons and whether they could be used to back up economic sanctions against target countries... non-lethal weapons, including lasers that blind the enemy and microwave systems that cook the skin ……