Conventional weapon

The terms conventional weapons or conventional arms generally refer to weapons whose ability to damage comes from kinetic, incendiary, or explosive energy and exclude weapons of mass destruction (e.g., nuclear, biological, radiological, and chemical weapons[1]).

  1. ^ "conventional weapon" (PDF). JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. United States Department of Defense. April 2010. p. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 August 2010.