Sentence examples for the military exploded from inspiring English sources

In Nevada in the 1950's, the military exploded nuclear bombs in open-air tests when the wind was blowing away from Las Vegas, Nev., and toward Utah.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter is trying to mend relations with Silicon Valley a year and a half after tensions between the industry and the military exploded when Edward Snowden exposed NSA surveillance efforts using data from Internet giants like Google.

The mines, laid around the perimeter of the base decades ago by the Cuban military, exploded when a wildfire jumped the fence and threatened the residents and the 41 war-on-terror detainees housed there.

On the 28th of April , 1958 the British military exploded its most powerful nuclear bomb, Grapple Y – which was around 200 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima.

The military draft exploded soon after, ultimately calling 2.2 million men to fight in Vietnam.

Tensions between Sudan and South Sudan have been brewing since the South's independence from Sudan last year, but the military conflict exploded in a flash in the last week.

On Wednesday night, a round of powerful ordnance -- most likely a rocket-propelled grenade, the military said -- exploded at 8 30 above the roof of the Sheraton Hotel, a favorite of Western journalists and contractors.

In an accompanying statement, Andrea Saul, the Romney campaign spokeswoman, said: Gov. Romney opposes President Obama's plan of drastic cuts to veterans' benefits and the military while exploding the federal budget elsewhere.

As the man left his vehicle and began firing a rifle at the bus, his jeep exploded, the military said.

In 1988 Zia died along with senior military officials in a mysterious air crash when his military aircraft exploded in mid-air a few minutes after take-off.

But this was also the period in which Prussian political and military ambition exploded, culminating in three major wars — against Denmark, in 1864; Austria, in 1866; and France, in 1870 — and the unification of Germany under Bismarck and the Hohenzollerns.