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After someone threw an object at a departing police vehicle’s back window and broke it, police launched 40-mm projectiles and chemical munitions.
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Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
The island has sought to procure large numbers of loitering munitions — small drones that can loiter over target areas before striking — and has even developed indigenous models capable of long-range missions.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Aside from being something of a death trap, the Goblin idea also fell to an alternative approach of in-flight refueling for extending the range of escorting jet fighters – a much safer way of fulfilling the mission that didn't need to take up bomb bay space needed for munitions.
—New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026
Supervisors had not authorized them to wear riot gear, which was stashed in nearby vans, or carry munitions.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
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Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 9 Jan. 2026
The island has sought to procure large numbers of loitering munitions — small drones that can loiter over target areas before striking — and has even developed indigenous models capable of long-range missions.
—Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Aside from being something of a death trap, the Goblin idea also fell to an alternative approach of in-flight refueling for extending the range of escorting jet fighters – a much safer way of fulfilling the mission that didn't need to take up bomb bay space needed for munitions.
—New Atlas, 8 Jan. 2026
Supervisors had not authorized them to wear riot gear, which was stashed in nearby vans, or carry munitions.
—Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2026
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“Munition.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/munition. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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munition
noun
mu·ni·tion
myu̇-ˈnish-ənz 
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