Editing Weapon (section)

== Lifecycle problems ==
There are a number of issues around the potential ongoing risks from deployed weapons, the safe storage of weapons, and their eventual disposal when they are no longer effective or safe.
* [[Ocean dumping]] of unused weapons such as bombs, ordnance, landmines, and chemical weapons has been common practice by many nations and has created hazards.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Wilkinson |first1=Ian |title=Chemical Weapon Munitions Dumped at Sea: An Interactive Map |url=http://www.nonproliferation.org/chemical-weapon-munitions-dumped-at-sea/ |publisher=James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies |access-date=19 August 2017|date=August 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Curry |first1=Andrew |title=Chemical Weapons Dumped in the Ocean After World War II Could Threaten Waters Worldwide |url=http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/decaying-weapons-world-war-II-threaten-waters-worldwide-180961046/ |publisher=SMITHSONIAN.COM |access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref><ref name=me>{{cite news |title=Military Ordinance [sic] Dumped in Gulf of Mexico |url=http://www.maritime-executive.com/article/military-ordinance-dumped-in-gulf-of-mexico |access-date=4 August 2015 |work=Maritime Executive |date=August 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=wbgh>{{cite news |author1=Edgar B. Herwick III |title=Explosive Beach Objects – Just Another Example Of Massachusetts' Charm |url=http://wgbhnews.org/post/explosive-beach-objects-just-another-example-massachusetts-charm |access-date=4 August 2015 |work=WGBH news |publisher=PBS |date=29 July 2015}}</ref>
* [[Unexploded ordnance]] (UXO) are bombs, land mines, naval mines, and similar devices that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk for many years or decades.
* [[Demining]] or mine clearance from areas of past conflict is a difficult process, but every year, landmines kill 15,000 to 20,000 people and severely maim countless more.<ref>{{cite web |title=Demining |url=http://www.un.org/en/sections/issues-depth/demining/index.html |publisher=UN |access-date=19 August 2017}}</ref>
* [[Nuclear terrorism]] was a serious concern after the fall of the [[Soviet Union]], with the prospect of "loose nukes" being available.<ref>{{cite news |title=Russia: Threat Of Unsecured Weapons Considered Serious |url=https://www.rferl.org/a/1086744.html |date=3 October 1997}}</ref> While this risk may have receded,<ref>{{cite news |last=Allison |first=Graham |title=Washington Can Work: Celebrating Twenty Years With Zero Nuclear Terrorism |url=http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/21644/washington_can_work.html |access-date=July 26, 2012 |newspaper=The Huffington Post |date=December 29, 2011}}</ref> similar situations may arise in the future.