weapon of mass destruction

A weapon of mass destruction (WMD) is a biological, chemical, radiological, nuclear, or any other weapon that can kill or significantly harm many people or cause great damage to artificial structures, natural structures, 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 conventional explosives during World War II, it has later come to refer to large-scale weaponry of warfare-related technologies, primarily biological, chemical, radiological, or nuclear warfare.

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  biological and chemical weapon ⓘ
  

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  biological weapon ⓘ
  biological pathogen or toxin designed or used for warfare

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  chemical weapon ⓘ
  device that uses chemicals to harm or kill people

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  doomsday device ⓘ
  hypothetical object capable of destroying all life on a planet

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  nuclear weapon ⓘ
  explosive device that gets its destructive force from nuclear reactions

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Les Clavicules de Salomon Wellcome L0044442

Powell anthrax jbc

Tsar Bomba Revised

IPP wzor 95 wewnatrz

WMD Dismantlement - Zhangiz Tobe, Kazakhstan - DPLA - 7c05f949a7b6b8b58b9fbded3cf07d7b

A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - DPLA - 41cce7748352e30fd089ca97da7ef3c4

WWI Gas Attack Drawing

Gas shell (AWM 028467)

The mushroom cloud from the Little Boy bomb over Hiroshima Province, Japan in 1945. Created by the United States Army and United States Air Force.

Launch of Shenzhou 13, China

• Neurosciences and research on chemical weapons of mass destruction in Nazi Germany - scientific article, Q1860, 2006

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	weapon		biological and chemical weapon	weapon of mass destruction	Wikidata
class	weapon		biological weapon	weapon of mass destruction	Wikidata
class	weapon		chemical weapon	weapon of mass destruction	Wikidata
class	weapon		doomsday device	hypothetical entity, suicide weapon, weapon of mass destruction, weapon	Wikidata
class	weapon		nuclear weapon	nuclear explosive, weapon of mass destruction	Wikidata
commons	image		Les Clavicules de Salomon Wellcome L0044442		Commons
commons	image		Powell anthrax jbc		Commons
commons	image		Tsar Bomba Revised		Commons
commons	image		IPP wzor 95 wewnatrz		Commons
commons	image		WMD Dismantlement - Zhangiz Tobe, Kazakhstan - DPLA - 7c05f949a7b6b8b58b9fbded3cf07d7b		Commons
commons	image		A captured suspected chemical weapons factory in Ar Rustamiyah, Iraq during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM - DPLA - 41cce7748352e30fd089ca97da7ef3c4		Commons
commons	image		WWI Gas Attack Drawing		Commons
commons	image		Gas shell (AWM 028467)		Commons
commons	image		The mushroom cloud from the Little Boy bomb over Hiroshima Province, Japan in 1945. Created by the United States Army and United States Air Force.		Commons
commons	image		Launch of Shenzhou 13, China		Commons