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Weapons range in complexity from from simple implements such as clubs, swords and guns, and to complicated modern intercontinental ballistic missiles, biological and cyberweapons. | Weapons range in complexity from from simple implements such as clubs, swords and guns, and to complicated modern intercontinental ballistic missiles, biological and cyberweapons. | ||
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File:Companion of Asclepius Myrmidon.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|Wherever there are weapons, [[Asclepius Myrmidon|Asclepius Myrmidon and The Companion]] will be there to provide emergency medical assistance to the survivors. | File:Companion of Asclepius Myrmidon.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|Wherever there are weapons, [[Asclepius Myrmidon|Asclepius Myrmidon and The Companion]] will be there to provide emergency medical assistance to the survivors. | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | |||
* [[Death by Flint]] | * [[Death by Flint]] | ||
* [[The Brandisher]] | * [[The Brandisher]] | ||
* [[Triumph of the Wheel]] | * [[Triumph of the Wheel]] | ||
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Revision as of 10:57, 21 June 2016
A weapon, arm, or armament is any machine 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.
Weapons range in complexity from from simple implements such as clubs, swords and guns, and to complicated modern intercontinental ballistic missiles, biological and cyberweapons.
In the News
The Brandisher believes in brandishing for brandishing's sake.
Supervillains Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus threaten to weaponize new class of Halting problems.
Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered Halting problem, forecasts multiple casualties from Pi disaster.
Law-abiding mathematical functions have nothing to fear from Crimes against mathematical constants, say crime authorities.
Wherever there are weapons, Asclepius Myrmidon and The Companion will be there to provide emergency medical assistance to the survivors.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- Weapon @ Wikipedia