Weapon

A weapon, arm, or armament is any device used with intent to inflict damage or harm to living beings, structures, or systems. Weapons are used to increase the efficacy and efficiency of activities such as crime, law enforcement, self-defense, and warfare. In a broader context, weapons may be construed to include anything used to gain a strategic, material or mental advantage over an adversary.

While just about any ordinary objects such as sticks, stones, cars, or pencils can be used as weapons, many are expressly designed for the purpose – ranging from simple implements such as clubs, swords and guns, and to complicated modern intercontinental ballistic missiles, biological and cyberweapons.

History

Prehistoric

The use of objects as weapons has been observed among chimpanzees, leading to speculation that early hominids first began to use weapons as early as five million years ago. However, this can not be confirmed using physical evidence because wooden clubs, spears, and unshaped stones would not have left an unambiguous record. The earliest unambiguous weapons to be found are the Schöninger Speere: eight wooden throwing spears dated as being more than 300,000 years old. At the site of Nataruk in Turkana, Kenya, numerous human skeletons dating to 10,000 years ago have major traumatic injuries to the head, neck, ribs, knees and hands, including obsidian projectiles still embedded in the bones, that would have been caused by arrows and clubs in the context of conflict between two hunter-gatherer groups.

Weapons

(Verse)
This is not my weapon
But I’ll use it in a fight for now
Tell me long alright
(Verse)
Had to wait in years of trying
Found a way you, you came out lying
Holding on what matters in the end
(Bridge)
Far away
Your disgrace
Sweet emotion
A take down from yesterday
What’s the point of leaving this behind?
(Verse)
You miss mass confusion
Tryin to prove it all went right
The same mistakes, we do or die
(Verse)
What you’re saying, you don’t have meaning
Stripped away the sense of being
Holding on what matters in the end
(Bridge)
Far away
Your disgrace
Sweet emotion
A take down from yesterday
What’s the point of leaving this behind?
(Chorus)
Run away and slip
I am losing sight
Yesterday I nearly lost the fight
From the way lands live until we die
(Bridge)
Far away
Your disgrace
Sweet emotion
A take down from yesterday
What’s the point of leaving this behind?
(Chorus)
Run away and slip
I am losing sight
Yesterday I nearly lost the fight
From the way lands live until we die
(Bridge)
Far away
Your disgrace
Sweet emotion
A take down from yesterday

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Diver finds object that could be 'lost nuke' missing since Cold War

Edit The Independent 05 Nov 2016

It is believed it could be a dummy nuclear weapon – but potentially still loaded with ......

photo: NASA / Kate Ramsayer

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The unusual noise from Arctic Sea floor has Canada's army confused

Edit Business Insider 05 Nov 2016

NASA Goddard Flickr. Canada’s Army has carried out an investigation into the source of a mysterious noise coming from the sea floor in the remote Arctic, after hunters from a nearby Inuit community raised concerns about scarce numbers of game in a normally rich hunting ground ... "This time around, this summer, there were hardly any. And this became a suspicious thing.". Theories on the noise’s source are legion ... Copyright 2016 ... ....

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Saudi Arabia To Behead Disabled Man For Protesting

Edit Opposing Views 05 Nov 2016

A disabled Saudi Arabian man has been sentenced to death for allegedly participating in anti-government protests. Munir al-Adam, 23, was found guilty by a criminal court in Riyadh for “attacks on police” and other offenses that took place during protests in 2011, the Independent reports. Adam was arrested in 2012, when he was 18 years old. The court sentenced him to death by beheading ... Adam is currently appealing his sentence....

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Nigeria schoolgirl missing from Chibok 'found with baby'

Edit BBC News 05 Nov 2016

One of the Chibok schoolgirls abducted in Nigeria in 2014 has been found with a 10-month-old baby son, the military says ... ....

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A Solar Storm Put A Crack In Earth's Magnetic Field

Edit IFL Science 04 Nov 2016

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Germany investigates 60 possible Islamists in armed forces

Edit The Himalayan 06 Nov 2016

Draft legislation to be considered by the German parliament in the coming weeks would mandate investigations of all recruits to counter efforts by Islamic State to infiltrate the military and get weapons training, Funke Mediengruppe reported ... months and expressed a keen interest in intensive weapons and equipment training, the MAD spokesman said....

Secret Service says no gun involved in Trump rally commotion

Edit Star Advertiser 06 Nov 2016

>> No weapon was involved in a commotion that briefly disrupted Donald Trump’s Saturday night rally and caused agents to hustle Trump from the stage, the Secret Service said ... In a statement, the Secret Service said a person in front of the stage had shouted “Gun!” but that no weapon was found after a search of the person and the immediate area....

Stepfather of boy shot in St. Claude "accidentally discharged the weapon," police say

Edit The Times Picayune 06 Nov 2016

He faces charges including negligent injuring, illegal use of a weapon, and flight from an officer. Investigators determined Turner, the boy's stepfather, "accidentally discharged the weapon while handling the gun," according to an NOPD news release ... ....

Secret Service says no gun involved in Trump’s Nevada rally commotion

Edit Deccan Chronicle 06 Nov 2016

No weapon was involved in a commotion that briefly disrupted Donald Trump's Saturday night rally and caused agents to hustle Trump from the stage, the Secret Service said ... no weapon was found after a search of the person and the immediate area....

Donald Trump rushed off stage after someone shouts 'Gun' during rally in Nevada

Edit WPXI 06 Nov 2016

(AP) — No weapon was involved in a commotion that briefly disrupted Donald Trump's Saturday night rally and caused agents to hustle Trump from the stage, the Secret Service said ... but that no weapon was found after a search of the person and the immediate area....

We will free you soon, Iraqi PM tells Mosul; warns IS

Edit Newstrack India 06 Nov 2016

Baghdad, Nov 6 (IANS) The Iraqi Prime Minister has warned the Islamic State militants fighting in the besieged Mosul city to lay down their weapons if they want to live, state media reported on Sunday ... "My message to IS, if they want to save their lives, they should lay down their weapons now," the Prime Minister told media ... Lt. Gen ... --IANS. ahm/. ....

World War 3 Upgrades: US Hints ‘Swarming’ Tech, More Advanced Missile System Will Hit Land ...

Edit Inquisitr 06 Nov 2016

The new aircraft will join the RS-28 Sarmat missile, labeled the Satan 2 by the West, in Russia’s growing list new and/or improved weapons ... Weapons specialists believe the upgrade will be a relatively simple fix ... talking about limited or surgical uses of nuclear weapons as acceptable, a slippery slope appears that very well could lead to World ......

Trump protester: I was beaten for holding a 'Republicans against Trump' sign

Edit The Guardian 06 Nov 2016

The US Secret Service later said in a statement that no weapon was found on the subject detained at the rally, who had been released ... Several Trump supporters who witnessed the incident told the Guardian they saw a man wrestled to the ground and, after he was on the ground, heard shouts that he had a weapon, prompting panic ... as a weapon....

Shots fired at Turkey's Istanbul airport; 2 detained

Edit The Miami Herald 06 Nov 2016

... that the two suspects at Ataturk International Airport were detained and were not carrying any weapons or explosives....

Police arrest complainant for Govandi murder

Edit The Times of India 06 Nov 2016

MUMBAI ... The accused, Wasi Shah (23) was miffed with Shaikh over a few issues. Shaikh was murdered on November 3 with a sharp weapon....

Major accident averted

Edit The Hindu 06 Nov 2016

The accident took place as the head constable was of the opinion that the constable might have locked the weapon trigger before giving it to him ... ....

World of Warcraft: We ask the devs what's changed since Warlords of Draenor

Edit Eurogamer 06 Nov 2016

Oli Welsh explained back in September, World of Warcraft. Legion had an incredible launch. Artifact weapons, class halls, loads and loads of demons - it had it all. However, in stark contrast to Warlords of Draenor, Blizzard have also nailed the big patch content this time around. We returned to Karazhan last month and Blizzcon saw the reveal of Patch 7.2 and the Tomb of Sargeras. WOW players are having a really excellent time ... ....

Waukegan man facing weapons charges

Edit Daily Herald 06 Nov 2016

A gang member from Waukegan faces felony weapons charges after he was found with loaded semiautomatic handgun, authorities said ... ....

Weapon

History

Prehistoric

'Weapons' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

The Hunters of Xuan Wu (2008)

Weapons

ALBUMS

Weapons

Weapons

Diver finds object that could be 'lost nuke' missing since Cold War

The unusual noise from Arctic Sea floor has Canada's army confused

Saudi Arabia To Behead Disabled Man For Protesting

Nigeria schoolgirl missing from Chibok 'found with baby'

A Solar Storm Put A Crack In Earth's Magnetic Field

You can search using any combination of the items listed below.

Germany investigates 60 possible Islamists in armed forces

Secret Service says no gun involved in Trump rally commotion

Stepfather of boy shot in St. Claude "accidentally discharged the weapon," police say

Secret Service says no gun involved in Trump’s Nevada rally commotion

Donald Trump rushed off stage after someone shouts 'Gun' during rally in Nevada

We will free you soon, Iraqi PM tells Mosul; warns IS

World War 3 Upgrades: US Hints ‘Swarming’ Tech, More Advanced Missile System Will Hit Land ...

Trump protester: I was beaten for holding a 'Republicans against Trump' sign

Shots fired at Turkey's Istanbul airport; 2 detained

Police arrest complainant for Govandi murder

Major accident averted

World of Warcraft: We ask the devs what's changed since Warlords of Draenor

Waukegan man facing weapons charges