Switzerland Swiss village faces decade-long evacuation over WW2 weapons dump A Swiss village may have to be evacuated for 10 years, after authorities decided a huge Second World War weapons store nearby needed to be removed 27/02/2020
Russia Russia's hypersonic missile put on combat duty Russian President Vladimir Putin said earlier this week that the country is leading the world with an entire new class of weapons. 27/12/2019
World Quarter of world's arms sales from European companies: SIPRI The UK, France, Italy, and Germany were Europe's biggest arms sellers last year but remain behind Russia and the US. 09/12/2019
Switzerland Watch: Concern over WWII-era ammunition at bottom of Lake Geneva Explosive discovery: bombs, grenades and shells are sleeping at the bottom of Lake Geneva 22/11/2019
Germany German children fish out WWII ammunition from pond The three children reeled out ammunition and bullet fragments from the pond by using a strong magnet, local police said in a statement. 17/11/2019
Russia Why is Russia arming its cosmonauts before they go into space? Spoiler alert: It's not to kill aliens. 20/09/2019
United Kingdom UK Border Force find 60 guns in car arriving in Dover from Calais Britain's National Crime Agency said the find is believed to be "the largest seizure of lethal purpose weapons at a UK port." 04/08/2019
China German WWI hand grenade found in French potato shipment The grenade was discovered in a shipment of French potatoes imported to a Hong Kong crisp factory, and detonated by police. 03/02/2019
Russia Watch: Putin shows off sniper skills with new Kalashnikov rifle Putin fired multiple shots from the SVCh-308 rifle at targets 600 metres away. 20/09/2018
Switzerland Ban killer robots to stop ‘truly dystopian scenarios’, say campaigners Campaigners say killer robots and other autonomous weapons systems should be banned before it’s too late. 29/08/2018
world news Wifi could detect weapons and bombs in public places, study says Wireless signals can penetrate bags to get the dimensions of dangerous metal objects, including weapons and batteries for bombs, as well as estimate the volume of liquids such as chemicals for explosives. 16/08/2018
Austria American tourist tries to fly home from Austria with WWII artillery sh An American tourist was charged and fined after bringing an unexploded World War Two shell to Vienna airport in her luggage 11/07/2018
