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A single B-52 can carry 70,000 pounds of mixed munitions, including bombs, missiles and mines.
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Police in western Germany say a neighborhood was evacuated after World War II-era grenades and other munitions bought at a flea market began exploding in summer-like heat.
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Police in western Germany say a neighborhood was evacuated after World War II-era grenades and other munitions bought at a flea market began exploding in summer-like heat.
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The Landkreuzer would have weighed 1000 tonnes, or the equivalent of 16 modern Abrams tanks with 30 percent of that weight coming from munitions alone.
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The event will showcase some mighty impressive miltary hardware: the B-2 Stealth Bomber, B-1 Lancer Bomber, B-52 Stratofortress Bomber, among other munitions.
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In Erbil, coalition officers evaluated the situation and decided to send an American plane to drop a single GBU-38 munition, which carries nearly 200 pounds of explosives.
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A more definitive project is an Army program to link several anti-vehicle mines known as wide-area munitions, or WAMs.
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Origin and Etymology of munition
Middle French, from Latin munition-, munitio, from munire to fortify, from moenia walls; akin to Latin murus wall and perhaps to Sanskrit minoti he builds, fastens
MUNITION Defined for Kids
munition
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noun
mu·ni·tion
\myu̇-ˈni-shən\
Definition of munition for Students
: military equipment and supplies for fighting : ammunition
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