claymore mine
noun
: a usually electrically fired land mine containing steel fragments that are discharged in a predetermined direction
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While some tech-savvy people’s militias are jerry-rigging drones and 3D-printing rifles, most of Htoo’s time in the KNLA was spent setting claymore mines and learning how to make homemade bombs with bamboo shafts, not always with good results.
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Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
The shape of the drone also suggests that the warhead may be highly directional, effectively a miniature claymore mine.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
The right flank man suddenly discovered an enemy claymore mine covering the route of advance and shouted a warning to his comrades.
—Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
In the mid-2000s, a group of soldiers duct taped a claymore mine to a small surveillance robot and sent it down an Iraq alleyway, killing a man.
—Caroline Lester, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2018
Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
The shape of the drone also suggests that the warhead may be highly directional, effectively a miniature claymore mine.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2022
The right flank man suddenly discovered an enemy claymore mine covering the route of advance and shouted a warning to his comrades.
—Drew Broach | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 10 Nov. 2020
In the mid-2000s, a group of soldiers duct taped a claymore mine to a small surveillance robot and sent it down an Iraq alleyway, killing a man.
—Caroline Lester, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2018
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