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A conventional weapon is a weapon that does not incorporate chemical, biological or nuclear payloads. The phrase is a neologism, invented to describe the arsenal that existed before the other categories of weapons were heavily researched in the 20th century.

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	A conventional weapon is a weapon that does not incorporate chemical, biological or nuclear payloads.
	The phrase is a retronym, invented to describe the arsenal that existed before the other categories of weapons were heavily researched in the 20th century, such as gunpowder-propelled weapons, such as a handgun.
	Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) - which controls weapons that create non-detectable fragments/shrapnel, landmines and booby traps, blinding lasers, incendiary bombs and explosive remnants of war.

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