Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO) and unexploded bombs (UXBs) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines...

known as a hang fire. Dud ammunition, which is classified as an unexploded ordnance (UXO), is regarded as highly dangerous. In former conflict zones...

iron harvest (French: récolte de fer) is the annual collection of unexploded ordnance, barbed wire, shrapnel, bullets and congruent trench supports collected...

role in drafting antisemitic Nuremberg Race Laws in Nazi Germany. Unexploded ordnance continues to pose a danger in the present day. In 2017 fifty thousand...

and Aviation forces Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Unexploded ordnance mitigation United States Secret Service Very Important Person Protection...

from the Royal Engineers could come aboard and attempt to defuse the two unexploded bombs. One of the bombs was inaccessible because of wreckage; the other...

about 45,000 people) was evacuated while the bomb was defused. Another unexploded blockbuster was found in Dortmund in November 2013, requiring the evacuation...

: 575–576  Unexploded ordnance, mostly from US bombing, continues to kill people, and has rendered much land hazardous and impossible to cultivate. Ordnance has...

Aeromagnetic surveys are also used to perform reconnaissance mapping of unexploded ordnance. The aircraft is typically a helicopter, as the sensors must be close...

of 500 naval mines. EOD was the critical element in eliminating unexploded ordnance from the USS Stark (FFG-31) after two Exocet anti-ship missiles fired...

home front accepted and endorsed the war effort. As late as 2007, unexploded ordnance at battlefield sites like Verdun and Somme continued to pose a danger...

the United Kingdom, where many unexploded ordnance remain, leftover from World War I and II. If these unexploded ordnance were to explode, they pose the...

the U.S. military in order to neutralize surface land mines and unexploded ordnance. The Zeus-HLONS system was a co-operative effort between SPARTA,...

these are on-going, claims that his injuries were caused by unexploded British ordnance are unsubstantiated. Land used by the British Army in Kenya is...

and unexploded ordnance on civilians in Gaza, citing multiple casualties caused by unexploded ordnance. In addition to fears about unexploded ordnance, health...

groundwater reservoirs. It can also be used to detect the presence of unexploded ordnance. Exploration geophysics can be used to directly detect the target...

Because they are designed to prevent indiscriminate area effects and unexploded ordnance risks, some smart munitions are excluded from coverage by the Convention...

and serves countries which suffer from unexploded ordnance on their lands. After decades of extensive ordnance clearance by the company and the Government...

to limit the risk of ambush.[according to whom?] The battle left unexploded ordnance and weapons stockpiles throughout Basra and surrounding areas. These...

unexploded ordnance. This is usually performed by civilian specialists trained in the field, often with prior military service in explosive ordnance disposal...

organization, is an organization involved in the removal of landmines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) for military, humanitarian, or commercial reasons. Demining...

of a Lancaster carrying a Grand Slam Article about the defusing of the unexploded Tallboy in the Hamburger Abendblatt (in German) "Huge Bomb Drills Into...

compositions are now obsolete and only encountered in legacy munitions and unexploded ordnance. Two nuclear explosives, containing mixtures of uranium and plutonium...

events indirectly related to the conflict such as casualties from unexploded ordnance, etc., or events when the circumstances remain unclear or are in...

vast amounts of human and animal remains, and millions of items of unexploded ordnance contaminating the land. Some towns and villages were never permitted...

Operation Nimbus Star involved the clearance of naval mines and unexploded ordnance from portions of the Suez Canal and its approaches The U.S. Navy...

against stationary enemy aircraft, missile launchers, radar equipment, unexploded ordnance, small watercraft, communications equipment, crew-served weapons...

and 38A electric impact fuse, designed for use against shipping. Unexploded ordnance can pose a risk of explosion even after a century or more, and some...

essential components of unexploded ordnance (including improvised explosive devices) to prevent an unintended detonation. Ordnance detonations may be broadly...

playing with Unexploded ordnance is a low-level but recurrent threat to children's health. The majority of incidents involving unexploded ordnance occurred...