Sentence examples for the bomblets from inspiring English sources
noun
A small or subsidiary bomb, such as one of those released by a cluster bomb.
We did not touch the bomblets we found.
"The incoming rounds were ours, and the bomblets were ours.
It did not, he said, appear to impart any spin on the bomblets.
Meanwhile, an unknown number of the bomblets remain uncollected, awaiting their next victim.
But the bomblets from a single bomb can scatter over a large area.
Mr. Halimi sent an emergency team to clear the bomblets on the surface.
Discovering the bomblet-laden rocket amounted to an important find.
(Often, a mechanism at the top of a DPICM's fuze is designed to spin as the bomblet descends, which unwinds an arming screw, so the fuze will be live when the weapon makes contact with something solid, like a vehicle or the ground. The bottom portion, or cone, of a DPICM is typically designed to be stable in flight).
Vilaiveng squatted to lay the C4 charge on top of the bomblet and pressed in the fuse wires.
At the bomblet site, technicians prepared dirt bags to place over the bombie and then uncoiled fuse wire to a detonation point 150 yards away.
The bomblet exploded, killing Mohammed's father and his 4-year-old brother, Yahya; both Mohammed and his mother were hit by shrapnel.
