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Definition of Munitions

Munition
Munition Mu*ni"tion, n. [F., munition of war, L. munitio a fortifying, fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with a wall; cf. moenia walls, murus (for moirus) a wall, and Skr. mi to fix, make firm. Cf. Ammunition.] 1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.] His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. --Is. xxxiii. 16. 2. Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. --Sir W. Raleigh.

Meaning of Munitions from wikipedia

- release a large number of projectiles at the same time (e.g., cluster munitions or shotgun s****). A dud refers to loaded ammunition that fails to function...
- White phosphorus munitions are weapons that use one of the common allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination...
- that are designed to kill personnel and destroy vehicles. Other cluster munitions are designed to destroy runways or electric power transmission lines....
- target is located, then attack the target by crashing into it. Loitering munitions enable faster reaction times against hidden targets that emerge for short...
- The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution...
- This List of Munitions of the Israeli Air Force lists the missiles, bombs and related equipment in use by the Israeli Air Force since its formation. AGM-12...
- lethality against intended targets. During the First Gulf War guided munitions accounted for only 9% of weapons fired, but accounted for 75% of all successful...
- are banned by more than 100 countries under the Convention on Cluster Munitions. Development work for DPICM projectiles began in the late 1950s. The first...
- the 1930s. The munitions makers responded nimbly to the rapidly shifting strategic and economic landscape. The main purchasers of munitions from the big...
- modernization, artillery and missile launching systems, advanced precision strike munitions and ordnance, and other technologies for U.S. and international customers...