Sentence examples for conventional munition from inspiring English sources

"White phosphorus is a conventional munition.

What you are looking at is known as a Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition, or DPICM.

Barrel bombs, rockets and mortars along with conventional munition have destroyed 80% of the buildings, and of the old city's 100 mosques, a quarter lie in ruins while the rest are badly damaged.

Mr. King suggested that while this submunition fit neatly within the D.P.I.C.M. (dual purpose improved conventional munition) family, it was at best a distant cousin of the American-made M77.

The submunition in question was of a class known as a Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munition, or DPICM, that is released from cargo canisters in the air and distributed to the targeted area below.

For those arriving here fresh, read the previous At War post, and go here for general background (a painfully stiff video) on this category of cluster bomb, known as a dual purpose improved conventional munition, or D.P.I.C.M.

The 1970s saw the first moves toward "improved conventional munitions".

But, in blaming non-conventional weapons, people may underestimate what conventional munitions can do.

For destroying small targets, modern conventional munitions were found to be just as effective as nuclear weapons.

Such munitions are specially designed to cause more-serious internal damage to such targets than that caused by standard conventional munitions.

The use of Insensitive Munitions eXplosives (IMX) is increasing as the Army seeks to replace certain conventional munitions constituents, such as 2,4,6-trinitrotolene (TNT), for improved safety.