Weapons of mass destruction | Wikipedia audio article
Channel: wikipedia tts
Date: 2019-10-03

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapon_of_mass_destruction


00:00:48 1 Early uses of this term
00:05:31 1.1 Evolution of its use
00:09:30 2 Definitions of the term
00:09:40 2.1 United States
00:09:49 2.1.1 Strategic definition
00:16:30 2.1.2 Military definition
00:17:29 2.1.3 Criminal (civilian) definition
00:22:28 3 Treaties
00:23:18 4 Use, possession and access
00:23:29 4.1 Nuclear weapons
00:24:58 4.2 Chemical weapons
00:25:56 5 Ethics and international legal status
00:27:02 6 United States politics
00:30:18 7 Media coverage
00:35:57 8 Public perceptions
00:39:01 9 In popular culture
00:39:41 10 Common hazard symbols
00:39:51 10.1 Radioactive weaponry/hazard symbol
00:41:46 10.2 Biological weaponry/hazard symbol



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A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a nuclear, radiological, chemical, biological, or any other weapon that can kill and bring significant harm to numerous humans or cause great damage to human-made structures (e.g., buildings), natural structures (e.g., mountains), or the biosphere. The scope and usage of the term has evolved and been disputed, often signifying more politically than technically. Originally coined in reference to aerial bombing with chemical explosives during World War II, it has later come to refer to large-scale weaponry of other technologies, such as chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear warfare.