# Weaponeering

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{{Short description|Field for designing an attack with weapons}}
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'''Weaponeering''' is the field of designing an attack with [weapon](/source/weapon)s. It is a [portmanteau](/source/portmanteau) of ''[weapon](/source/weapon)'' and ''[engineering](/source/engineering)''. The term should not be confused with [weapons engineering](/source/weapons_engineering), which is the actual engineering design and development of weapon systems.

The [United States Department of Defense](/source/United_States_Department_of_Defense) defines the term as the process of determining the quantity of a specific type of lethal or nonlethal weapons required to achieve a specific level of damage to a given target, considering target vulnerability, weapon effect, munitions delivery accuracy, damage criteria, probability of kill and weapon reliability.<ref>{{Cite web |title=weaponeering (US DoD Definition) |url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/dictionary/military-terms-defined.php?term_id=5777 |access-date=2024-11-25 |website=www.militaryfactory.com}}</ref>

Category:Military science

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