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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Offensive weapons

Offensive weapons

  • Manufacture of munitions
  • Destructive weapons

Nature

The purpose of weapons is to destroy, incapacitate or to impose the will of the user on his victim. Their very existence in an invitation to their use.

Claim

I don't know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. (Albert Einstein).

You can't say civilization isn't advancing: in every war they kill you in a new way. (Will Rogers).

Broader

Militarism
Presentable
Uncontrollable manufacture of destructive products
Yet to rate

Narrower

Inhumane and indiscriminate weapons
Excellent
Chemical warfare
Excellent
Biological warfare
Excellent
Surface to surface missiles
Presentable
Non-lethal weapons
Presentable
Lack of appreciation for nuclear weapons
Presentable
Incendiary weapons of massive destructiveness
Presentable
Autonomous weapons
Presentable
Misuse of small arms
Unpresentable
Fuel-air explosive
Unpresentable
Planned weapons
Yet to rate
Non-violent weapons
Yet to rate

Aggravates

International arms trade
Excellent
Profiteering
Presentable
Government secrecy concerning nuclear weapons testing
Presentable
Imbalance of conventional armed forces
Unpresentable
Death of living creatures
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Militarization
Unpresentable

Related

Death wish
Excellent
Extermination
Presentable
Annihilation
Unpresentable

Strategy

Using weapons
Yet to rate
Using destructive weapons
Yet to rate
Dismantling destructive weapons
Yet to rate
Defining offensive weapons
Yet to rate

Value

Offence
Yet to rate
Destructiveness
Yet to rate

Reference

Lifton, Robert Jay and Falk, Richard: Indefensible Weapons

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Defence » Arms
  • Industry » Manufacture
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    D0658
    DOCID
    11406580
    D7NID
    143148
    Last update
    Jan 23, 2022