Weaponization

Canadians are not wasting their time wallowing over the demise of cold war arms control; they are worried that the Rumsfeld Pentagon's missile defense efforts might damage future great power relations and might also result in the near-term weaponization of space - a prospect that most countries, including Canada, find highly objectionable. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Another Western diplomat confirmed the agreement, adding that the assessment was based on the assumption that Tehran would need at least six months to purify its uranium stocks to weapons-grade level and another 12 months for "weaponization" - building the actual nuclear weapon.

The mission has resurrected fears about the so-called weaponization of space. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"I don't know how this could be called a weaponization of space," Payton told reporters at the time. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I don't know how this could be called weaponization of space," said Gary Payton, deputy undersecretary for space programs. ❋ Ed Morrissey (2010)

The expression of concern over the "weaponization" of enriched uranium is a first for the agency. ❋ David Crawford (2010)

The only thing that Tehran was said by the NIE to have stopped was "weaponization," the design of an actual warhead. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Regarding "weaponization," he stated that "they continue to work on designs in that area." ❋ Unknown (2010)

U.S. spy services estimated Iran halted outright "weaponization" work in 2003 but also said it continued efforts to master technology applicable to yielding nuclear explosives. ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)

Clearly, this leak threw another swimming pool full of cold water on the 2007 NIE's finding that Iran had halted "weaponization" in 2003. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Truthfully, I don't know how this could be called 'weaponization' of space," Payton said. ❋ [email protected] (2010)

A '' nuclear battalion '' was set up in 2000 to work on the '' weaponization '' aspects of the nuclear program. ❋ Unknown (2010)

United Nations nuclear watchdog, poses little proliferation risk and has no link with Iran's secretive uranium enrichment program, seen as the main "weaponization" threat, at other installations. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"Truthfully, I don't know how this could be called 'weaponization' of space." ❋ Unknown (2010)

IR idealists further argue that the "weaponization" of space 80 Ray, Justin. ❋ Unknown (2009)