The garroting wire was one of the Scouts" favorite clandestine weapons, and Sean had felt half naked since he had lost his in the pack he had dropped down the cliff.

Even if the weapons laboratories' only purpose were to to detect the clandestine nuclear weapons programs of other nations, they said, this ability would be well worth the cost.

After Israel bombed Iraq's reactor in 1981, the Iraqi leader created the first completely independent, clandestine weapons program, most of which remained hidden from Western inspectors for nearly a decade.

The last such thorough assessment on Iraq's clandestine weapons was produced about two years ago, Senate and administration officials said today.

You don't leave a night light on by your clandestine nuclear weapon.

Special Operations forces in the region are refining plans to hunt for Scud missiles and clandestine weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

Later, the former head of Brazil's clandestine nuclear weapons program worked in Iraq as a consultant there until American pressure forced his recall.

The High Command has been using it for some time as a clandestine weapon to keep the Klingons from raiding our frontier worlds.

Eliminating such equipment would in theory greatly ease the construction of a clandestine nuclear weapon.

Since the discovery of Iraq's clandestine nuclear weapons program, I.A.E.A.'s authority has been enhanced to allow for surprise inspections so that inspectors can go anywhere undeclared material or activities may exist.