Word: weaponize
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...voluntary moratorium on converting uranium ore into gas used in the uranium-enrichment process. The move followed Iran's rejection of a U.S.-backed compromise proposed by Britain, France and Germany that called for Iran to give up uranium-enrichment activities - which could potentially produce fuel for an atomic weapon - in exchange for a comprehensive European economic assistance package. "It is an insult to the Iranian nation," Ahmadinejad told United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan last week, rejecting the offer. The 49-year-old former Tehran mayor, who has no previous experience in international diplomacy, said he would come...
While the threat of some weapon being deployed is always present, there are enough safeguards in most countries to make a preemptive strike highly unlikely. However, there are some countries—like North Korea and Iran—which evade watchdogs like the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The only way this may change is with global pressure, which cannot build when the threat of nuclear weapons is so far from the minds of the general public...
...director's version), sets a complex spy plot chugging across its sooty landscapes, with villains pursuing the boy hero--in some great chase scenes--to harness a 19th century WMD. Only the lad's ingenuity can defeat them. That's the power of anime: it's a weapon of mass perception...
...HOPE FOR INSOMNIACS The sleepless will soon have a new weapon to use in their nightly battle against insomnia. The drug, available next month under the brand name Rozerem, is related to the hormone melatonin, and will be the first FDA-approved prescription sleep aid not listed as a controlled substance...
...Morris R. Jeppson, 83 Weapon Test Officer...