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a place where military arms are stored
sent the ordnance officer to the arsenal for weapons
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Before 2013, Western intelligence services estimated that Syria had one of the largest chemical arsenals in the world, including sulfur mustard, VX, and sarin.
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Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
For example, aerial surveillance could show the movement of ammunition from arsenals to port as the Pentagon prepared for war.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
The insurgents raided large arsenals abandoned by the SAA.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
Last year, Russia suspended its participation from New START, an agreement that sought to put verifiable limits on Washington’s and Moscow’s nuclear arsenals.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Under the agreement, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine became the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, leaving their nuclear arsenals to Russia for dismantlement.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
In fact, Greece has already collaborated with Israel to develop drone defenses against its neighbor and rival Turkey, which has one of the most advanced homegrown drone arsenals in the world.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
The 491 report also accounts for the new challenges that the US faces because of the growth, modernization, and increasing diversity of potential adversaries’ arsenals.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2024
Unprecedented airstrikes over the next two weeks destroyed two-thirds of Hezbollah's rocket and missile arsenals, and killed almost all of its senior leadership as well as many mid-level commanders.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Oct. 2024
Gregory D. Koblentz, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2024
For example, aerial surveillance could show the movement of ammunition from arsenals to port as the Pentagon prepared for war.
—Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
The insurgents raided large arsenals abandoned by the SAA.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024
Last year, Russia suspended its participation from New START, an agreement that sought to put verifiable limits on Washington’s and Moscow’s nuclear arsenals.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 5 Dec. 2024
Under the agreement, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine became the parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, leaving their nuclear arsenals to Russia for dismantlement.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
In fact, Greece has already collaborated with Israel to develop drone defenses against its neighbor and rival Turkey, which has one of the most advanced homegrown drone arsenals in the world.
—Paul Iddon, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
The 491 report also accounts for the new challenges that the US faces because of the growth, modernization, and increasing diversity of potential adversaries’ arsenals.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 22 Nov. 2024
Unprecedented airstrikes over the next two weeks destroyed two-thirds of Hezbollah's rocket and missile arsenals, and killed almost all of its senior leadership as well as many mid-level commanders.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Oct. 2024
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“Arsenals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arsenals. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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