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Recent Examples of ordnance
Children who attend awareness sessions become familiar with the common types and shapes of explosive ordnance and learn to stay away from strange-looking objects.
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
In this area, Assad forces planted landmines in fields, in buildings, even in rubble, and other unexploded ordnance also lingers.
—Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Unexploded ordnance litters the area, some neighbors warn.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
What To Know The B-52H Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber that can fly at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet and carry nuclear or precision-guided conventional ordnance, according to the U.S. Air Force.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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Sarah Ferguson, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
In this area, Assad forces planted landmines in fields, in buildings, even in rubble, and other unexploded ordnance also lingers.
—Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Unexploded ordnance litters the area, some neighbors warn.
—Lauren Frayer, NPR, 15 Apr. 2025
What To Know The B-52H Stratofortress is a long-range, heavy bomber that can fly at altitudes of up to 50,000 feet and carry nuclear or precision-guided conventional ordnance, according to the U.S. Air Force.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 19 Mar. 2025
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“Ordnance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ordnance. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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