armament

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Recent Examples of armament Now the RoCA seeks to adopt the more advanced M109A7, which retains the A6’s armament and cab structure while upgrading the chassis and drive systems on components common with the M2 Bradley fighting vehicle. Kapil Kajal, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025 If history serves as any guide, none of these six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, and Bahrain—is likely to do more than merely supplement their military arsenals with armaments from non-Western countries. Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 The event will involve more than 100 aircraft, hundreds and ground armaments and some equipment being revealed for the first time, according to the Chinese government. Kaylah Jackson, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2025 More than 100 different types of equipment will be included, all of it battle ready and domestically produced, Xu said, adding that a large proportion would be new armaments making their debut. Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for armament
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Noun
  • Takaichi plans to remove remaining restrictions on weapons exports in an effort to boost the defense industry.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Ice dancers Ren Junfei and Xing Jianing were seen with a large toy version of China’s new DF-61 missile – a huge intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) transported on an eight-axle truck and capable of carrying nuclear weapons – at the Cup of China in Chongqing on Saturday.
    George Ramsay, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Possession of ammunition without an FID card.
    Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • North Korea has sent soldiers, artillery ammunition and missiles to Russia to support Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Moreover, doubts over untested Chinese weaponry have evaporated following their successful deployment in Pakistan's confrontation with India in early May, when Chinese J-10C and JF-17 fighter jets shot down up to six Indian jets.
    Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • China, for its part, has also stoked the flames of discord in recent weeks, first by announcing new global export controls on rare earth minerals, key components in technologies and weaponry.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Those who predicted a doomed future for all of humanity called us addicts and criminals, leeches and slime (and way worse things) because we were detested, shouted at, dragged by our arms across bedrooms and public sporting events.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Be sure to cover your head and neck with your arms, and crawl under a sturdy table if possible.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 27 Oct. 2025

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“Armament.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/armament. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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