How to Use submunition in a Sentence

submunition

noun

• One of the most useful missions for a submunition weapon is as an anti-airfield weapon.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2020
• Each shell scatters as many as 88 grenade-sized submunitions, and can kill and maim infantry across a wide area.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
• The submunitions fail to explode more often than other kinds of warheads.
  — Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
• The mini-bombs in cluster munition are known as submunitions, bomblets, or grenades.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• Critics of the weapon note that some of the submunitions fail to explode, putting civilians at risk often years after a conflict has ended.
  — John Hudson, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Cluster weapons explode in the air over a target, releasing dozens to hundreds of smaller submunitions across a wide area.
  — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• The missile had six warheads, each carrying six submunitions.
  — Samya Kullab and Elise Morton The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 25 Nov. 2024
• There was no sign of flechettes in the debris at the Yuzhmash site, the submunitions appears to have been simply solid masses of metal.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
• Cluster munitions release submunitions, or bomblets, which can spread over a wide area and pose a significant threat to civilians.
  — Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
• The missile had six warheads, each carrying six submunitions, and reached speeds of up to Mach 11 during its flight.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2024
• The missiles are the largest of Iran’s submunition-dispersing arsenal.
  — Melanie Lidman, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
• The submunitions can fail to explode on impact, potentially killing or injuring people long after a conflict ends.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• This post has been corrected to reflect that submunitions, rather than fragments, landed in Tel Aviv, according to the source.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2026
• Some aim to achieve deep penetration, others to saturate a large area with submunitions, and still others to precisely target, say, a corner of a building.
  — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
• Weir noted there are various kinds of submunitions, some are designed to penetrate armor or concrete while others are made to unleash as many fragments as possible against troops.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 July 2023
• Cluster munitions scatter unguided submunitions, or bomblets, as small as 20 kilograms over a large area, maybe the size of several football fields.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 July 2023
• Instead of simply crashing into a target and detonating on impact, some variants are now able to release smaller submunitions during flight.
  — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
• The 100-pound shells often leave behind unexploded submunitions that can pose a serious hazard to friendly troops and civilians.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
• Children are particularly vulnerable, because the submunitions can fail to explode until they are picked up, even years after a conflict has ended.
  — John Hudson and Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
• The cluster munitions, which detonate dozens of submunitions called bomblets, could address ammunition concerns.
  — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 6 July 2023
• Cluster munitions encompass an array of rockets, bombs, missiles and artillery projectiles that scatter smaller weapons, called submunitions, over a wide area.
  — Rick Gladstone and Nour Youssef, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
• Iran now appears to be equipping more of its ballistic missiles with a cargo warhead, which can carry cluster submunitions, than in previous conflicts with Israel.
  — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 12 Mar. 2026
• Israel’s military says Iran is firing cluster bombs that can evade some air defenses and scatter submunitions across multiple locations.
  — Dallas Morning News, 15 Mar. 2026
• Israel's military says Iran is firing cluster bombs that can evade some air defenses and scatter submunitions across multiple locations.
  — Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
• The missiles were not the deep-strike variant Kyiv had requested, with the United States instead opting for a shorter-range weapon that drops cluster submunitions.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
• One of the submunitions was found in central Israel, prompting the Home Front Command to warn that dozens more may be scattered across a wide area and could detonate if disturbed.
  — Amanda Castro shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
• Rather than a conventional warhead, a cluster munition warhead carries dozens of submunitions that can explode on impact, showering small bomblets around a large area and posing major safety risks on the ground.
  — Arkansas Online, 20 June 2025
• Once an enemy tank or armored vehicle is detected, the submunition fires a self-forging warhead that lances down through the top of the vehicle, penetrating the thin armor and destroying it.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2022
• Picatinny Arsenal also claims the shell could be used to send other resupply items, surveillance electronics, or even a submunition at an enemy target.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2017
• Children are particularly vulnerable, as the submunitions can fail to explode until they’re picked up, potentially years after a conflict has ended.
  — John Hudson, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023