What is Conventional weapon?
'''Conventional weapons''' are those [[weapon]]s that are not [[Weapon of mass destruction|weapons of mass destruction]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thefreedictionary.com/conventional+weapon |title=conventional weapon |website=The Free Dictionary |publisher=Farlex |access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> They can include weapons such as [[armoured fighting vehicle]]s, [[armed helicopter]]s, [[military aircraft|combat aircraft]], [[artillery]] and [[warship]]s.<ref name=IPB>{{cite web |url=http://www.ipb.org/web/index.php?mostra=content&menu=Weapons%20and%20their%20impacts%20on%20communities&submenu=Conventional%20Weapons |title=Weapons and Their Impacts on Communities Conventional Weapons |publisher=International Peace Bureau |access-date=19 September 2016 |archive-date=24 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124120643/http://www.ipb.org/web/index.php?mostra=content&menu=Weapons%20and%20their%20impacts%20on%20communities&submenu=Conventional%20Weapons |url-status=dead }}</ref> They can also include (but are not limited to) [[small arms]], [[ammunition]], [[cluster munition]]s and [[land mine]]s.<ref name=IPB/> There is no single definition of conventional weapons.<ref>''European Security'', eds. Wilfried von Bredow; Thomas Jäger; Gerhard Kümmel (Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; London: MacMillan Press Ltd., 1997), p. 82</ref> But they are the main weapons used in modern [[conventional warfare]].<ref name=IPB/> == UN Register of Conventional Arms == The United Nations set up the UN Register of Conventional Arms (UNROCA) in 1991.<ref name=Hough134>Peter Hough; Shahin Malik; Andrew Moran; Bruce Pilbeam (London; New York: Routledge, 2015), p. 134</ref> UN member [[nation]]s add details of their [[import]]s and [[export]]s of conventional weapons.<ref name=Hough134/> There are seven [[wikt:category|categories]] of conventional weapons in the register.<ref name=Hough134/> * Category I – Battle [[tank]]s.<ref name=UN>{{cite web |url=http://www.un-register.org/Background/Index.aspx |title=Th