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Encyclopedia: Munition

Munition is often defined as a synonym for ammunition. A slightly broader definition would include bombs, missiles, warheads, and mines (landmines, naval mines, and claymore mines) -- what munitions factories manufacture. These munitions are used on battlefields and war zones with lethal intent; unexploded ones may pose a hazard to civilians for years afterwards.

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ROF Puriton

ROF Puriton (Royal Ordnance Factory) is a factory producing high explosive munitions, situated near Puriton in the Sedgemoor district of Somerset, UK. The factory was commenced in 1939 and opened in 1941, served by the artificial River Huntspill, to supply munitions for World War II. It is...

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CBU-89 Gator

CBU-89 Gator Primary Function: 1,000 pound (450 kg) unpowered cluster munition weapon Length: 7 ft 8 in (2.3 m) Diameter: 16 in (406 mm) Range: Varies by method of employment...

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NLM

NLM may stand for: NASA Launch Manager National Library of Medicine (US) National Literacy Mission (India) NetWare Loadable Module Network Lock Manager New Life Ministries Nokia LogoManager Non-lethal munitions Norsk Landbruksmuseum...

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Gravity bomb

This nuclear munition has been identified as one that could be modified to hit hardened underground targets. Gravity bomb describes an aircraft-delivered bomb that does not contain a guidance... munitions, a new term was needed to separate smart bombs from those that weren't. Dumb bomb was used for...

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Black Tom Explosion

The Black Tom Explosion occured on July 30, 1916, German saboteurs blew up the munitions arsenal on Black Tom Island in the New York Harbor. The blast produced heavy damage but few casualties. Shrapnel lodged in the Statue of Liberty. The act of sabotage was one of many in an effort to disrupt...

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High mobility artillery rocket system

HIMARS carry a six-pack of rockets or one ATACMS missile on the US Army's new FMTV five-ton truck, and can launch the entire MLRS family of munitions. HIMARS is interchangeable with the MLRS M270A1. The vehicle is C-130 transportable and produced by Lockheed Martin...

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Military surplus

Military surplus are goods, usually materiel, that are sold at public auction when no longer needed by the military. Entrepreneurs often buy these goods and resell them at army-navy stores. Military surplus rarely includes weapons or munitions, though they are occasionally found in such stores...

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Port Chicago, California

Port Chicago is a town on the southern banks of Suisun Bay, in Contra Costa County, California. It is famous as the site of a devastating explosion at its Naval Munitions Depot during World War II and the consequent events, at the time called a mutiny...

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Spamfire

Spamfire This is product of modern video gaming, it combines the word Spam, (unsolicited e-mail,) with fire, (as in gunfire.) The basic idea is to fire a large amount of munitions, much larger than should be required to actually neutralise the target. It can be considered similar to Spray and Pray...

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Point targets

Point Targets are military targets which are concentrated in what can be considered a mathematical point, an infinitely small area which should be hit with munitions with extreme percision. Targets... guided munitions are used to take out only the intended target. A strike executing in this manner...

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