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The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
A new game-changing weapon that uses radio waves to disable enemy electronics and take down multiple drones at once is under development for the UK’s armed forces.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Statement by Deputy Political Coordinator Laura Dix at the UN Security Council meeting on Syria.
The rollout of laser weapons systems far quicker than expected, following defence procurement reforms, with DragonFire to be on Royal Navy warships from 2027.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
This request for information was sent to Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB) on 4 October 2010. The applicant asked whether any…
This month sees the Civil Nuclear Constabulary delivering their 100th initial foundation training programme for new Authorised Firearms Officers (AFOs).
Dstl ensures the UK armed forces have the required weapons capability through research, development and demonstration of advances in science and technology.
This is the second Annual Report and Accounts for the AWE since it transitioned to become a Non-Departmental Public Body in 2021. It covers the period April 2022 to March 2023.
For more than 70 years, AWE has supported the UK Government’s nuclear defence strategy and Continuous At Sea Deterrence (CASD). AWE is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence .
Statement by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN General Assembly debate on the Outer Space Treaty.
Explanation of Vote by Ambassador Barbara Woodward at the UN Security Council meeting on non-proliferation.
Records held in the Atomic Weapons Establishment Merlin database which contain the words ‘blood’ and/or ‘urine’.
DASA is pleased to reopen this Innovation Focus Area which aims to find novel ideas that will shine a light on the future of Directed Energy Weapons across Land, Sea and Air domains
Two fatalities following the loss of control of a powerboat near Little Thatch Island, British Virgin Islands.
Guidance for those producing, processing, consuming, importing or exporting chemicals covered by the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)
For more than 70 years, AWE has supported the UK Government’s nuclear defence strategy and Continuous At Sea Deterrence (CASD).
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