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• s  of a quality adequate for use in weapons (especially in weapons of mass destruction)
  weapons-grade plutonium
  weapons-grade anthrax
• s  extremely strong or concentrated or durable
  weapons-grade salsa

• Top-quality, weapons-grade material is the only kind that can used to build a true nuclear-fission bomb, and is both hard to obtain and harder to turn into an explosive.
• But its weapons-grade material could be removed and turned into a dirty bomb, or even a crude nuclear device.
• In the '80s, Saddam Hussein bought several hundred tons of yellowcake, which can be enriched in gas centrifuges to produce weapons-grade uranium.

• industrial-strength

News & Articles

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• US: Vietnam's Weapons-Grade Uranium Removed
  US announces removal of last batch of Vietnam's weapons-grade uranium        
  July 2, 2013 - ABC News

Quotes

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• Condoleezza Rice in Guardian Unlimited
  There is a history of Iran not answering important questions about what is going on and there is Iran pursuing nuclear technologies that can lead to nuclear weapons-grade material,Rice told reporters aboard her plane as she headed to Moscow.
• Stephen Hadley in Bakersfield Californian (subscription)
  It can readily use the same technology to produce weapons-grade uranium,Hadley said.
• Stephen Harper in Toronto Sun
  The regime's latest moves bring Iran considerably closer to possessing weapons-grade material,Harper said in a statement Wednesday. "Iran's past history of deliberately concealing aspects of its nuclear program makes this latest move even...