The Bush administration based its rationale for the war principally on the assertion that Iraq , which had been viewed Perception_active by the U.S. as a rogue state since the 1990–1991 Gulf War , supposedly possessed an active weapons of mass destruction ( WMDs ) program , and that the Iraqi government posed Causation a threat to the United States and its coalition allies .

The conspirators included Cause_to_be_included : Ma Anand Sheela ; Sally-Anne Croft , Chief Financial Officer of Rajneeshpuram ; Susan Hagan , head of security at Rajneeshpuram ; Catherine Jane Stork , who bought weapons and silencers and volunteered to be the actual murderer ; Ann Phyllis McCarthy , fourth-in-command of Rajneeshpuram ; and co-conspirators Alma Potter , Carol Matthews , Phyllis Caldwell , and Richard Kevin Langford .

Demiri and Ismailoviq were tried `` in absentia '' , since they were imprisoned Arrest in Kosovo for unlawful possession of weapons , and extradition procedures were underway .

israel attacked Attack with 37 air strikes Attack on gazan weapons storage facilities , rocket launching Self_motion sites , weapon manufacturing Manufacturing facilities , training Education_teaching bases , posts , tunnels and militants , killing Killing 22 , mostly from palestinian islamic jihad and the others from the popular resistance committees .

The equipment was held Defending in readiness , but the preparations were not needed , because the Germans had not developed Coming_to_be such weapons .

The conflict is bound in the political struggle of Iranian leadership against Israel and its declared Expressing_publicly aim to dissolve the Jewish state , with the counter aim Aiming of Israel to prevent Preventing_or_letting nuclear weapons being acquired Getting by the Iranian government and downgrading Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale its allies and proxies such as the Lebanese Hezbollah party .

The first incident of this kind took place Process_start on 30 January 2013 , when Israeli aircraft were accused Judgment_communication of allegedly striking Attack a Syrian convoy transporting Sending Iranian weapons to Hezbollah .

After the incident , the State of Israel has stated Statement it was targeting Aiming weapons shipments headed toward anti-Israeli forces , specifically Hezbollah , located in Lebanon .

On 5 June 2011 the two men were indicted Criminal_investigation on five counts of murder , stealing Theft weapons , breaking Destroying and entering , and conspiracy to commit Committing_crime a crime .

The major provisions of the operation included a curfew from 9pm to 6am , increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale checkpoints and patrols Patrolling , and further restrictions on carrying weapons .

Between September 10 and 15 , its residents surrendered Surrendering 10,000 head of sheep and 300 oxen , as well as most of the island 's weapons .

The battle for control of the Ludendorff Bridge caused Causation both the American and German forces Military_operation to employ Employment new weapons and tactics in combat for the first time .

To protect Defending the bridge against aircraft , the Americans positioned Placing the largest concentration of anti-aircraft weapons during World War II leading to Causation `` the greatest antiaircraft artillery battles in American history . ''

When coalition forces fought Quarreling into the center of the city , the Iraqi government requested Request that the city 's control be transferred Giving to an Iraqi-run local security force , which then began Process_start stockpiling weapons and building complex defenses across the city through mid-2004 .

It is also one of the very few instances of direct , conventional warfare between nuclear states ( i.e. , those possessing nuclear weapons ) .

The exercise was solely intended to establish Creating preventive measures and response strategies by increasing Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale governmental and public awareness of the magnitude and potential of such a threat posed Causation by biological weapons .

Furthermore , the RVNAF were prevented Preventing_or_letting from undertaking reconnaissance Scrutiny and ground support Supporting missions due to the threat posed Causation by formidable anti-aircraft weapons deployed Arranging by North Vietnam .

In 1997 , the organisation acquired Getting a large amount of arms through weapons smuggling from Albania , following a rebellion Attack in which weapons were looted Robbery from the country 's police and army posts .

In 1997 , the organisation acquired Getting a large amount of arms through weapons smuggling from Albania , following a rebellion Attack in which weapons were looted Robbery from the country 's police and army posts .

Ngāpuhi chief Hongi Hika in 1818 used Using newly acquired muskets to launch devastating Destroying raids Attack from his Northland base into the Bay of Plenty , where local Māori were still relying Supply on traditional weapons of wood and stone .

According to Blair , the trigger Causation was Iraq 's failure Earnings_and_losses to take Getting a `` final Process_end opportunity '' to disarm Removing itself of alleged Statement nuclear , chemical , and biological weapons that U.S. and British officials called an immediate and intolerable threat Catastrophe to world peace .

And while hundreds of chemical weapons were found Know in Iraq after the invasion Attack , they determined Deciding to be produced Manufacturing before the 1991 Gulf War , from years earlier in Saddam Hussein 's rule Control and were unusable .

About 5,000 chemical warheads , shells or aviation bombs were discovered Know during the Iraq War Military_operation , but as these had been built Building and abandoned GiveUp before 1991 , the discoveries Know of these chemical weapons also did not support Supporting the government 's invasion rationale .

The plan was for Israel to ship Sending weapons to Iran , for the United States to resupply Supply Israel , and for Israel to pay Commerce_pay the United States .

After the weapon sales were revealed Reveal_secret in November 1986 , Reagan appeared Presence on national television and stated Statement that the weapons transfers had indeed occurred Coming_to_be , but that the United States did not trade arms for hostages .

Supported by a newly created Creating Sons Of Iraq group from Arab Jabour , Coalition forces continued Preventing_or_letting their push along the west bank of the Tigris river , killing Killing or capturing Conquering 250 insurgents , destroying Destroying 12 boats being used by the insurgents to funnel weapons into Baghdad , and uncovering Scouring 40 weapons caches , often with tips from the Sons of Iraq .

Supported by a newly created Creating Sons Of Iraq group from Arab Jabour , Coalition forces continued Preventing_or_letting their push along the west bank of the Tigris river , killing Killing or capturing Conquering 250 insurgents , destroying Destroying 12 boats being used by the insurgents to funnel weapons into Baghdad , and uncovering Scouring 40 weapons caches , often with tips from the Sons of Iraq .

After several hours of fighting Hostile_encounter the Malian army was routed Motion to its base , abandoning GiveUp the town to the rebels and reportedly leaving Departing several heavy weapons and armored vehicles behind .

On 16 September , five Việt Minh infantry and one heavy weapons battalions attacked Attack Đông Khê .

The primary intention was to test Testing new , second-generation thermonuclear weapons .

Also tested Testing were fission devices intended to be used Using as primaries for thermonuclear weapons , and small tactical weapons for air defense Defending .

Also tested Testing were fission devices intended to be used Using as primaries for thermonuclear weapons , and small tactical weapons for air defense Defending .

although never officially stated Statement , there is speculation Coming_to_believe that the test intended to determine Deciding the feasibility of using Using nuclear weapons in clearing the jungles of vietnam , at a time of australia 's increasing involvement in the vietnam war starting in 1962 .

Operation Grapple was the name of four series of British nuclear weapons tests Testing of early atomic bombs and hydrogen bombs Attack carried out Action in 1957 and 1958 at Malden Island and Kiritimati ( Christmas Island ) in the Pacific Ocean as part of the British hydrogen bomb programme .

nine nuclear explosions were initiated Process_start , culminating in the united kingdom becoming Becoming the third recognised possessor of thermonuclear weapons , and the restoration of the nuclear special relationship with the united states with the 1958 us-uk mutual defence Defending agreement .

During the Second World War , Britain had a nuclear weapons project , codenamed Tube Alloys , which was merged Cause_to_amalgamate with the American Manhattan Project in August 1943 .

The successful test Testing of an atomic bomb in Operation Hurricane in October 1952 represented an extraordinary scientific and technological achievement , but Britain was still several years behind the United States in nuclear weapons technology .

the united kingdom atomic energy authority atomic weapons research Research establishment at aldermaston produced Manufacturing three designs : orange herald , a large boosted fission weapon ; green bamboo , an interim thermonuclear design ; and green granite , a true thermonuclear weapon .

The purpose Aiming of `` Wigwam '' was to determine Deciding the vulnerability of submarines to deeply detonated Attack nuclear weapons , and to evaluate the feasibility of using such weapons in a combat situation .

The purpose Aiming of `` Wigwam '' was to determine Deciding the vulnerability of submarines to deeply detonated Attack nuclear weapons , and to evaluate the feasibility of using such weapons in a combat situation .

The tests achieved Achieve their main objective of giving Giving India the capability to build Building fission and thermonuclear weapons with yields up to 200 Kilotons .

during the second world war , britain commenced Process_start a nuclear weapons project , known as tube alloys , but the 1943 quebec agreement merged Cause_to_amalgamate it with the american manhattan project .

Several key British scientists worked Employment on the Manhattan Project , but after the war the Americans ended Process_end cooperation on nuclear weapons .

In January 1947 , a cabinet sub-committee decided Deciding , in response Response to an apprehension of American isolationism and fears of Britain losing Earnings_and_losses its great power status , to resume Process_start British efforts to build Building nuclear weapons .

leonard unk from the atomic weapons research establishment at aldermaston was appointed Deciding the technical director .

Chagai-I was Pakistan 's first public test of nuclear weapons .

By testing Testing nuclear devices , Pakistan became Becoming the seventh nation to publicly test Testing nuclear weapons .

The purpose of the tests was to investigate Research the effect of nuclear weapons on warships .

they were conducted Action by joint army/navy task force one , headed by vice admiral william h. p. blandy rather than by the manhattan project , which had developed Coming_to_be nuclear weapons during world war ii .

A fleet of 95 target ships was assembled Come_together in Bikini Lagoon and hit Attack with two detonations of Fat Man plutonium implosion-type nuclear weapons of the kind dropped on Nagasaki , each with a yield of .