conventional weapon

English

Noun

conventional weapon (plural conventional weapons)

1. A weapon of warfare which is not nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological in nature.
   • 1954 October 11, “Agreement on Germany”, in Time:

     Germany would agree to make no ABC (atomic, bacteriological and chemical) weapons, build only enough conventional weapons to arm its twelve divisions.

Antonyms

• weapon of mass destruction (WMD)

Related terms

• conventional warfare
• conventional weaponry

Translations

weapon of warfare which is not nuclear, chemical, biological, or radiological in nature

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常規武器 / 常规武器 (zh) (chángguī wǔqì)

• Finnish: tavanomainen ase
• French: arme conventionnelle f
• Galician: arma convencional f
• German: konventionelle Waffen pl
• Romanian: armă convențională f
• Tagalog: kagawianing sandata