WEAPONS
(See also Armaments; Armor; Disarmament; Guns; Nuclear Weapons; War; Warfare [Spiritual])
accidents: g75 11/22 12, 29; g72 2/22 29; g68 5/8 20; g68 10/22 31; g67 3/22 30; g66 9/8 31; g65 7/8 3-4; g62 12/22 20
advertisements for guns in Boy Scouts’ magazine: g73 2/22 30
airplanes: g64 7/8 30; g62 8/22 30; g61 12/8 29; g56 7/22 12; g54 5/8 9; g51 12/8 7; g50 1/22 13-16; g49 3/22 13-15; g47 6/22 22; g46 11/8 10; g44 7/19 15-16; g42 6/24 19
antimissile: g62 2/8 29
antisatellite: g61 5/22 30
arms race: w84 4/1 19; g82 10/22 29; w81 7/15 3-4; g80 4/8 17-20; g80 6/8 6-7; w78 10/1 27; g78 12/22 5, 8; g77 12/22 29; g76 4/22 29; g74 6/8 30; g74 11/8 3-7; g74 12/8 30; g73 7/8 30; g73 11/8 30; g73 12/22 19; w72 613; g72 10/8 3, 9-10, 29; g71 7/8 6-8; g70 9/8 10-11; is 182; g64 1/22 31; g61 3/8 31; g61 7/8 5-7; g61 9/8 29
increased peril: g85 1/8 29
youths’ attitude toward: g83 5/22 29
asteroid bomb: w62 620; tc 21
availability: w74 102; g72 12/8 30
bayonets: g35 5/22 532-534
Bible times: ad 123-130
battering ram: ad 124
battle-ax: ad 124-125
bows: ad 114-115, 124; w65 55; bf 197-198
dagger: ad 129
dart: ad 129
engine: ad 125-126
handstave: ad 126
javelin: ad 128-129
lance: ad 128-129
shaft: ad 129
sling: ad 127-128
spear: ad 128-129
sword: ad 129-130
war club: ad 130
blessings on: g85 12/22 4; g73 7/8 29; g70 10/22 14
bows: g65 7/22 15
CBR (chemical, bacteriological, radiological) warfare: w61 234; g61 9/22 22-23
chemical: g74 11/8 5; g69 5/8 30; g68 11/22 29; g61 5/8 29; g61 9/22 21-23
Christian view of:
carrying, for self-defense: w84 3/1 13-15
change of employment to avoid carrying a weapon: w84 7/15 26-27
keeping, for self-defense: w85 7/1 22-23; w83 7/15 23-25
church investments: g72 2/22 30
concealed weapons: g65 10/8 17
cost: g82 2/22 4; w81 1/15 10; g81 1/8 29; g81 4/22 29; g80 2/8 23; g80 4/8 17; w78 10/1 27; g76 4/22 29; g76 11/22 31; g76 12/8 29; w75 487; w75 634; gc 9; g75 1/8 30; g75 4/8 29; g75 8/22 18, 30; g74 2/8 30; g74 10/8 6; g74 11/8 6-7; g74 12/8 8; g73 10/8 28-29; g72 9/8 29; g72 10/8 3-4; g71 6/22 29; w70 587; g70 1/8 29; g70 9/8 9; is 182; g69 3/22 29; g69 8/22 31; g68 6/22 30; g67 8/22 5; g67 9/8 14-15; g66 7/8 31; g66 10/8 30; g66 11/22 5; g65 11/8 31; g63 6/8 11, 14; w62 611; g62 1/22 29; g62 5/8 31; g62 6/8 30; g62 10/8 12; g62 10/22 29; g61 4/8 29-30; g61 5/22 5; g61 7/8 5
developing nations: w85 2/15 4
every ten days: w82 3/15 30
greater than is devoted to any other activity on earth (quote): g79 8/22 29
military spending proportional to infant mortality rate: g85 11/22 29-30
per day: su 6; w80 1/15 6-7
per minute: w85 10/15 4; w83 4/1 7; g82 8/22 29; w80 9/1 4
per person: g83 7/8 29; g78 12/8 7; g75 10/22 30
worldwide: w85 4/15 6; w85 10/15 4; w84 3/15 3; w84 11/15 21-22; g84 12/8 29; w83 4/15 12; g83 7/8 29; g83 9/22 29; g81 1/22 31; g79 9/22 29; w78 1/1 14; g78 8/22 29; g78 12/22 7; w77 427; g77 1/8 23; g77 12/22 29
cruise missile: g80 6/8 7
destruction of: g64 5/8 31; g64 5/22 7
destructive power: w85 11/15 4; w82 5/1 8; w80 10/15 16; g80 4/8 17-18; g75 8/22 30; g74 11/8 4-5; g72 10/8 4, 9-10; g71 7/8 6-7; w69 195; w65 357; g63 1/8 5; g63 3/8 29; g62 1/22 29; g62 12/8 29; g61 4/8 30; g61 5/22 5; g61 7/8 5-6; g61 9/22 29, 31; g61 11/22 14, 29-30
effect of one nuclear bomb on Boston area: w80 7/1 3
detection of, in ancient China: g75 6/8 24
disarmament:
limitation talks: g80 4/8 17; g74 11/8 3-4; g70 1/8 30
nuclear winter theory no real incentive: w85 1/15 21
proposal to burn old bombers as a step toward: g64 5/8 31
talks since 1945: g78 12/22 5-6
find in Federal Republic of Germany (West) from World War II: g83 2/22 30
flamethrowers: g41 10/1 19
gas: g80 4/8 18; g70 10/8 31; g65 5/8 30; g61 9/8 30; g61 9/22 20-22; g61 11/22 30; w60 618; sw 4-5; g50 8/8 23; g50 9/8 14; g42 10/28 16; g39 10/18 11; g35 5/22 525-526; g32 5/11 496
Geneva, Switzerland, conference for drafting rules of war: g81 1/8 29
germs: g70 1/8 29; g61 9/8 30; g61 9/22 22-23; g61 11/22 30; g60 1/22 15; g42 12/9 18
Jehovah’s ability to neutralize: w85 2/15 6-7
military research at Catholic universities: w83 3/1 27
military satellites: g77 12/22 29
missiles: w75 487; g74 11/8 3-5; g72 10/8 9-10; g70 8/22 29-30; g62 6/8 30; g61 10/22 6
“smart warheads”: g85 3/8 5
napalm bombs: w83 11/15 16; g61 2/8 12
nerve gas: g80 4/8 18
nuclear: g82 9/22 3-7; g80 4/8 17-18; w78 10/1 27; gh 149; w75 487; g74 11/8 3-5; g73 1/8 30; g72 10/8 9-10; g71 4/22 16, 30; g66 1/22 31; g65 5/22 5; g64 2/22 30; g64 3/8 31; g64 4/8 31; g64 5/22 5; g64 12/8 29; g63 3/8 29; g63 5/22 30; g63 9/22 30; g63 10/22 8-9; g62 6/22 29; g61 1/22 29-30; g61 5/8 29; g61 7/8 5-8; g61 9/22 29, 31; g61 11/8 9-12; g61 11/22 14, 29; g60 9/22 23-24; w59 613, 645; gs 4-5; g59 8/22 4-5; w58 762; yw 34; w57 611; g56 12/22 3; g55 9/8 29-30; g47 9/8 7
bomb is like a millstone around our neck (quote): g83 4/22 29
Cardinal Cooke’s comment on: w82 4/1 13
Catholics should refuse to work on weapons (quote): g84 2/22 30
clergy opposition to: g84 3/22 4-5, 7; g84 9/22 28; w83 5/1 23; w83 8/1 12; g83 2/22 29; g83 9/8 31
countries having the potential to produce: g83 2/22 29
countries producing: g83 2/22 29
destructive power: w85 11/15 4; w84 3/1 16; g84 3/22 3; g84 5/22 10; w83 7/15 22; g83 1/8 6, 11; g83 12/22 6; g80 6/8 5-6; g78 12/22 6-8
European Nuclear Disarmament movement: g83 1/8 3-4; w82 12/1 11
Kennan’s (George F.) comment on: g81 9/8 29-30
Lutheran Church’s resolution regarding arms freeze: g82 12/8 31
neutron bomb: g61 9/22 23
nuclear arsenal of the Soviet Union and the United States: g84 7/22 29
nuclear-weapons freeze movement: g83 1/8 3-7, 10-13
number in arsenal of United States and Soviet Union: w83 11/15 10
pope’s address to 115 scientists: g84 2/22 29-30
survey as to public attitude toward the threat of nuclear war: w82 12/1 11
threat to human existence: w85 11/15 4
Truman’s (Harry S.) comment on: g80 10/22 29
UN study of nuclear weapons: w81 6/1 26
Vance’s (Cyrus) comment on: w80 1/15 7
numerical superiority to reassure public: g79 12/8 29
objections to: w85 10/15 3-4; g84 3/22 3-5, 7; g83 1/8 3-7, 10-11; g77 12/22 29; g62 1/22 29; g61 5/22 30
old: g72 12/8 30-31; g64 5/8 31
one of the few expanding industries (quote): w85 3/1 13
psychic weapons: g81 7/8 29
radiological: g61 9/22 23
rifles and shotguns:
cost of bullets for M-16 rifles: g84 5/22 31
movement to combat-oriented weapons: g84 4/22 29-30
riot control: g68 5/8 17-18
sale of: g74 11/8 6
advertisements for: g82 10/22 29
comment by National Catholic Reporter: g85 7/22 29
convention to exhibit: g75 11/22 30
international arms sales: g84 10/8 29
laws to control: g72 7/22 29; g68 7/22 30-31; g68 8/22 31
list of countries exporting arms: g84 12/8 29
magnitude of international arms trade: g82 8/8 29
of arms by countries championing human rights: g81 10/22 29
percentage of world’s, sold by U.S. and USSR: g85 7/22 29
world’s leading cash commodity: g83 2/8 29
schools:
weapons carried by students: g85 7/8 30
scientists doing work on: g83 10/8 5; g76 4/8 30
attitude toward their work: g81 12/22 15
percentage of scientists involved in making: g83 2/22 29; w77 427
space weapons: g85 3/8 5; w83 3/1 27
“Star Wars” plan: g85 3/8 5-6
spiritual: w84 10/15 16-18; w83 3/1 20; uw 68-69; w77 30; w73 159-160; ad 123, 130; w67 529-530; li 286, 291-294; w61 84; w60 243; w56 134, 366-368; w55 338-339; w54 455-456, 701; w51 379-381; w43 8, 156; w41 346-347
“weapons of the light” (Ro 13:12): w78 10/1 18; ad 1067
stockpile: w84 4/1 18-19; w84 11/15 21-22; g83 1/8 11-12; g80 4/8 17-18; w78 10/1 27; w75 487; g75 8/22 30; g74 11/8 3-6
submarines: g85 6/22 30; g84 10/22 8; w81 7/15 3; g78 12/22 7; g74 11/8 3-4; g72 10/8 9-10; g64 4/8 31; g62 6/22 29; g61 1/8 30; g60 8/8 11; g60 12/22 29; g58 7/8 8; g51 12/8 6-7; g50 7/8 9-12; g47 9/8 7
tanks: w56 744
Soviet soldiers trade tank for vodka: g85 11/8 31
testing: g71 2/8 29; g71 4/22 16, 30; g71 9/8 30; g71 12/22 29; g63 2/8 30; g63 6/22 30; g63 9/22 29-30; g62 6/8 29; g62 6/22 29; g62 7/22 29; g62 8/22 29; g62 9/22 29; g62 11/22 31; g62 12/22 29; g61 9/8 31; g61 12/8 29
Third World nations: w80 9/1 4
threat to human existence: g84 5/22 10; w83 7/15 22; w81 2/1 18-19; w81 8/15 23; g80 6/8 5-8; g80 11/8 3; g78 12/22 6-8; g72 10/8 4, 10; g71 1/22 30; g71 5/22 31; g70 9/8 9; g70 10/8 30; w69 195; g69 4/8 30; w68 67, 751-753; g67 12/22 30; g63 5/22 30; g62 1/22 29; g62 2/8 8; g62 8/22 8; g62 10/22 26; g62 12/8 29; w61 230, 233-234; g61 2/8 29; g61 3/8 29-31; g61 5/8 29; g61 7/8 5-8; g61 9/22 22-23, 29; g61 11/8 9-12
toy:
ban in Sweden: g80 5/8 29
Tubal-cain forged: g80 6/8 10
unexploded munitions from World War II and war in Vietnam: g84 10/22 29
weather as a weapon: g80 4/8 19; g80 6/8 6-7; g61 6/8 5-8
World War I: g85 3/8 3-4
World War II: g85 3/8 4-5