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In the event of a swarm attack, this warhead can take it out with an airburst of shrapnel.
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New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2025
The turret supports programmable airburst ammunition, enabling the Condor to engage drones and aircraft.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
The airburst arrived almost a minute and a half after the tremor.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Lunsford noted that a particularly large meteor that some scientists believe to be associated with the annual shower detonated in a powerful airburst 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) over Russian Siberia in June 1908.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 June 2025
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New Atlas, 13 Sep. 2025
The turret supports programmable airburst ammunition, enabling the Condor to engage drones and aircraft.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2025
The airburst arrived almost a minute and a half after the tremor.
—Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
Lunsford noted that a particularly large meteor that some scientists believe to be associated with the annual shower detonated in a powerful airburst 6 miles (9.6 kilometers) over Russian Siberia in June 1908.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 27 June 2025
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“Airburst.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/airburst. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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