Sentence examples for heavy munitions from inspiring English sources

On January 27th, a mountain of heavy munitions, carelessly stored in an army barracks in the middle of a crowded city, exploded.

They charged also that, contrary to American law, the Lusitania had been carrying Canadian troops and those dubious oysters?—heavy munitions, whose explosion had doomed her.

The general emphasized the military's resolve to attack the insurgents at every opportunity, using whatever weapons seem appropriate, including 500-pound bombs and other heavy munitions.

Besides exculpating Turner, Mr Ramsey also exposes several persistent myths: there were no heavy munitions, no devastating second explosion (rifle rounds were found to burn harmlessly like fire-crackers, and not detonate), no Canadian troops and no British plot to sacrifice a ship to bring America to war.Diana Preston takes a more personal approach.

(Although the occupying authorities are trying to discourage possession of heavy munitions, AK-47s and other assault weapons — guns of the type whose manufacture Tom DeLay and most of the House Republicans plan to re-legalize back home — have been given a pass).

They destroyed much of the U.S. heavy munitions, broke through American lines, and entered the main base before being repelled by artillery and aircraft.

General de Chastelain described the weapons as "light, medium and heavy ordnance and associated munitions" including automatic and semiautomatic guns, machine guns, bombs and explosive materials.

As well as the use of live ammunition against unarmed demonstrators, the ICC investigation found evidence of a range of abuses including torture, systematic rape, the use of cluster munitions and other heavy weaponry in urban areas, the use of civilians as human shields and the blocking of humanitarian supplies.

The psychic wounds inflicted on 1.5 million terrified Palestinian civilians subjected to 1,000 and 2,000 lb bombs, 155mm artillery shells, cluster munitions, heavy mortar fire, air to ground missiles, white phosphorus, and high-velocity tank shells cannot be described.

"This war leaves behind a toxic footprint resulting both directly and indirectly from military origin contamination, such as by heavy metals in munitions, toxic residues from artillery and other bombs, the destruction of buildings and water resources, the targeting of industrial zones and the looting of chemical facilities.

But he added that increasing demands on American troops have meant that the military has had to reserve the heaviest security for munitions sites containing weapons like rocket-propelled grenades that could be used most readily against allied forces; that left other sites, with larger weapons like bombs and missiles, with less security or Iraqi guards who may be prone to bribes.