Unexploded ordnance
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unexploded-ordnance-170-14263397
title:
Unexploded ordnance
text:
Unexploded ordnance, unexploded bombs (UXBs), and explosive remnants of war are explosive weapons that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded. When unwanted munitions are found, they are sometimes destroyed in controlled explosions, but accidental detonation of even very old explosives also occurs, sometimes with fatal results. A dud is an unexploded projectile fired in anger against an enemy, but whic
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Explosives that have not fully detonated
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexploded_ordnance
date created:
2003-12-18T12:24:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T02:04:27Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/1918_German_UXOs1.JPG","width":893,"height":454}
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13
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