Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), and explosive remnants of war (ERW or ERoW) are explosive weapons (bombs...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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

remained in place as unexploded ordnance continued to pose a danger. In France and Belgium locals who discover caches of unexploded munitions are assisted...

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

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

new hardware for Block I ATACMS missiles to eliminate the risk of unexploded ordnance by 2016. The first modernized Tactical Missile System (TACMS) was...

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

rebels and the Pathet Lao continued in isolated pockets.: 575–576  Unexploded ordnance, mostly from U.S. bombing, continues to detonate and kill people...

the night in order to limit the risk of ambush. The battle left unexploded ordnance and weapons stockpiles throughout Basra and surrounding areas. These...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

in three wars (Iran–Iraq War, Gulf War, and Iraq War) have left unexploded ordnance and land mines in exposed positions, killing or wounding an estimated...

Title X also established the objective of a "clearance or removal of unexploded ordnance (UXO)" and the environmental restoration of the island, to provide...

often no less deadly than other projectiles, they did not leave unexploded ordnance (UXO) that could be active years after a conflict ended. Lazy Dog...

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...