A higher civilization could tip the scales between them, if it gave one side superior weapons.

How about our use of technologically superior weapons against those without them?

So there really was no inherently superior weapon, she concluded.

"They have the superior weapons; no need to worry about jumping us."

The Europeans, due to their superior weapons, were able to take whatever piece of land they wanted.

"People who think they have superior weapons always find reasons to test them."

So what if they have a few superior weapons?

There are two recent examples that prove the value of superior weapons.

There we can find a government which will be interested in superior weapons.

Even with superior weapons, they couldn't take over the ship.