psychochemical weapon

Examples of psychochemical weapon in the following topics:

• Biological Weapons

  • Biological weapons (often termed "bio-weapons", "biological threat agents", or "bio-agents") are living organisms or replicating entities (viruses) that reproduce or replicate within their host victims.
  • Like some chemical weapons, biological weapons may also be useful as area denial weapons.
  • There is an overlap between BW and chemical warfare, as the use of toxins produced by living organisms is considered under the provisions of both the Biological Weapons Convention and the Chemical Weapons Convention.
  • Toxins and psychochemical weapons are often referred to as midspectrum agents.
  • Offensive biological warfare, including the mass production, stockpiling, and use of biological weapons, was outlawed by the 1972 Biological Weapons Convention (BWC).

• Nuclear Weapons

  • A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions—either fission, fusion, or a combination.
  • Nuclear weapons are considered weapons of mass destruction, and their use and control have been a major focus of international relations policy since their inception.
  • Only a small number of nations either possess such weapons, or are suspected of trying to acquire and/or develop them.
  • In addition, it is also widely believed that Israel possesses nuclear weapons (though they have not admitted to it).
  • The first nuclear weapons were gravity bombs, such as this "Fat Man" weapon dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

• Nuclear Weapons

  • The proliferation of nuclear weapons, explosive devices which derive force from nuclear reactions, is a key challenge of foreign policy.
  • Only a few nations possess such weapons or are suspected of seeking them.
  • In addition, Israel is also widely believed to possess nuclear weapons, though it does not acknowledge having them.
  • Only two nuclear weapons have been used in the course of warfare, both by the United States near the end of World War II.
  • Identify the history of nuclear weapons and international efforts to regulate them

• The Hydrogen Bomb

  • The hydrogen bomb is a nuclear weapon that uses a mixture of fission and fusion to produce a massive explosion.
  • A thermonuclear weapon is a nuclear weapon designed to use the heat generated by a fission bomb to compress a nuclear fusion stage.
  • The fusion stage in these types of weapons is required in order to efficiently create the large quantities of fission that are characteristic of most thermonuclear weapons.
  • The only two nuclear weapons that have been used were both fission-based.
  • The basics of the Teller–Ulam design for a thermonuclear weapon.

• Specific Comparisons (Correlated Observations)

  • These two types of words were preceded by words that were either the names of weapons, such as shotgun or grenade, or non-weapon words, such as rabbit or fish.
  • One question was whether reading times would be shorter when the preceding word was a weapon word (aw and cw conditions) than when it was a non-weapon word (an and cn conditions).
  • A more interesting question is whether the priming effect (the difference between words preceded by a non-weapon word and words preceded by a weapon word) is different for aggressive words than it is for non-aggressive words.
  • That is, do weapon words prime aggressive words more than they prime non-aggressive words?
  • For the weapons and aggression data, the comparisons L1 and L2 are correlated 0.24.

• The Nuclear Arms Race

  • The first nuclear weapon was created by U.S. during the World War II and was developed to be used against the Axis powers.
  • The goal of this assembly was to eliminate the use of all Nuclear weapons.
  • The Soviet government was also working on building its own atomic weapons.
  • This period also saw some of the first attempts to defend against nuclear weapons.
  • With the end of the Cold War the United States and Russia both cut down on spending for nuclear weapons.

• The Atomic Bomb

  • Atomic bombs are nuclear weapons that use the energetic output of nuclear fission to produce massive explosions.
  • Atomic bombs are nuclear weapons that use the energetic output of nuclear fission to produce massive explosions.
  • Only two nuclear weapons have been used in the course of warfare, both by the United States near the end of World War II.
  • The uranium-235 content of "weapons-grade" uranium is generally greater than 85 percent, though inefficient weapons, deemed "weapons-usable," can be made of 20 percent enriched uranium.
  • In fission weapons, a mass of fissile material, either enriched uranium or plutonium, is assembled into a supercritical mass—the amount of material needed to start an exponentially growing nuclear chain reaction.

• Metalwork of the Inca

  • The Inca were well-known for their use of gold, silver, copper, bronze, and other metals for tools, weapons, and decorative ornaments.
  • Copper and bronze were used for basic farming tools or weapons, such as sharp sticks for digging, club-heads, knives with curved blades, axes, chisels, needles, and pins.
  • Metal tools and weapons were forged by Inca metallurgists and then spread throughout the empire.

• Advancements Under the Shang

  • The Shang government used bronze for military weapons, such as swords and spearheads.
  • These weapons gave them a distinct advantage over their enemies.
  • The chariot was a devastating weapon in battle, and it also allowed Shang soldiers to move vast distances at great speeds.

• Ceramics and Bronze in the Shang Dynasty

  • In particular, archaeological work at the Ruins of Yin, identified as the last Shang capital, uncovered eleven major Yin royal tombs and the foundations of palaces and ritual sites containing both weapons of war and the remains from animal and human sacrifices.
  • Bronze vessels, stoneware and pottery vessels, bronze weapons, jade figures, hair combs, and bone hairpins were found.
  • Chinese bronze casting and pottery greatly advanced during the Shang dynasty, with bronze often being used for art as well as for weapons.
  • As far back as c. 1500 BCE, the early Shang Dynasty engaged in large-scale production of bronzeware vessels and weapons.
  • Bronze weapons were an integral part of Shang society, and Shang infantry were armed with a variety of stone and bronze weaponry.