This distinction was made after the Second World War and the apparition of nuclear weapons. • Missiles and missile launchers (including short-range mobile air defence systems). However, this ...

The member states of the United Nations, as well as the U.N. Secretariat, focused greater attention on international transfers of small arms and light weapons in 2000. These weapons were a ...

The excessive accumulation in conventional weapons and the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons jeopardizes international peace and security and sustainable development, while the use of ...

primarily with small and light weapons that can be wielded by an individual or a group of two or three people. Up to 8 million small arms are produced every year, and their use accounts for 60 to ...

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) has called for a holistic review of the 1959 Firearms Act for efficient control of illicit arms in Nigeria.

The decision was reached following an endorsement by members of the Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons (RECSA) council. The Council is comprised of Ministers [Cabinet Secretaries ...

countries have signed the first-ever international treaty to regulate the trade of conventional weapons and promote peace by preventing the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons in ...

Gen. Michael Santos of the 603rd Infantry Brigade, cooperated in securing the surrender of the firearms in support of the Small Arms and Light Weapons Management Program of the 6th ID and the ...

Screenshot from YouTube video of Ukraine’s 3rd Assault Brigade trials of small arms weapons and ammunition against simulated FPV drone attacks in early December. Unmanned military drones have evolved ...