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Weapons whose ability to damage comes from the explosive or incendiary release of energy
The terms conventional weaponsorconventional 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]).
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Conventional weapons include small arms, defensive shields and light weapons, sea and land mines, as well as bombs, shells, rockets, missiles and cluster munitions.[2] These weapons use explosive material based on chemical energy, as opposed to nuclear energyinnuclear weapons.[2][3] Conventional weapons are also contrasted with weapons of mass destruction and improvised weapons.
The acceptable use of all types of conventional weapons in war time is governed by the Geneva Conventions. Certain types of conventional weapons are also regulated or prohibited under the United Nations Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons. Others are prohibited under the Convention on Cluster Munitions, the Ottawa Treaty (also known as the Mine Ban Treaty) and Arms Trade Treaty.
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^ Inc., Agence 3Cinq. "Nuclear and Conventional Weapons | Nuclear Darkness & Nuclear Famine". www.nucleardarkness.org. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016. CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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