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Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Weapons > Weapons of Mass Destruction

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Weapons of Mass Destruction  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Weapon of Mass Destruction

Scope note

  • Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used to destroy large numbers of people. It includes NUCLEAR WEAPONS, and biological, chemical, and radiation weapons.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054044

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