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My research focuses on using drone-based, multisensor imagery and artificial intelligence to improve the speed, accuracy and reliability of land mine and unexploded ordnance detection.
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Sagar Lekhak, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
The station stays on air for three to four hours a day, depending on electricity, as presenters warn residents about unexploded ordnance hidden in the streets, but also talk about daily life, Ramadan and the price of food.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
The drones can easily carry about 3 pounds of ordnance, notably C4 explosives, at speeds upward of 100 mph.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
When the program was scaled back, the ordnance ballooned from $50,000 to more than $800,000 per round!
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Sagar Lekhak, The Conversation, 5 Mar. 2026
The station stays on air for three to four hours a day, depending on electricity, as presenters warn residents about unexploded ordnance hidden in the streets, but also talk about daily life, Ramadan and the price of food.
—Freddie Clayton, NBC news, 21 Feb. 2026
The drones can easily carry about 3 pounds of ordnance, notably C4 explosives, at speeds upward of 100 mph.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
When the program was scaled back, the ordnance ballooned from $50,000 to more than $800,000 per round!
—Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ordnance
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Tisch said since Janury, police have seized more than 1,000 guns across all five boroughs, including 300 in Brooklyn alone.—
Adi Guajardo,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Some of the Prairieland defendants reportedly eschewed guns.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2026
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Iran also is targeting data centers with both cyber and conventional weapons, showing how important the centers have become to the economy, communications and military information security.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Most of the incidents had not resulted in physical injuries; in some cases, prosecutors charged people for assaulting agents with such weapons as a tambourine, an umbrella, and a Subway sandwich.—
Oriana van Praag,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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