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explosive ordnance disposal — The detection, identification, on site evaluation, rendering safe, recovery, and final disposal of unexploded explosive ordnance. It may also include explosive ordnance which has become hazardous by damage or deterioration. Also called EOD … Military dictionary
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge — The Explosive Ordnance Disposal Badge is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces which recognizes those service members who are specially trained to deal with the construction, deployment, disarmament, and disposal of high explosives… … Wikipedia
explosive ordnance disposal incident — The suspected or detected presence of unexploded or damaged explosive ordnance which constitutes a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or material. Not included in this definition are the accidental arming or other conditions that… … Military dictionary
Unexploded ordnance — UXO redirects here. For the canceled video game, see Ultima X: Odyssey. British and Belgian officers stand beside an unexploded German shell in Flanders, during the First World War. Unexploded ordnance (or UXOs/UXBs, sometimes acronymized as UO)… … Wikipedia
Explosive weapon — An explosive weapon generally uses high explosive to project blast and/or fragmentation from a point of detonation. Explosive weapons may be subdivided by their method of manufacture into explosive ordnance and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) … Wikipedia
Explosive remnants of war — is a term used in the humanitarian aid industry to describe the explosive threats remaining in post war society. This includes landmines, cluster bombs, IEDs and other unexploded ordnance.Protocol V of the Convention on Certain Conventional… … Wikipedia
unexploded ordnance — noun Explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed, and still pose a risk of detonation, decades after the battles in which they were used. Syn: UXO … Wiktionary
Improvised explosive device — Ammunition rigged for an IED discovered by Iraqi police in Baghdad in November 2005 … Wikipedia
ZEUS-HLONS (HMMWV Laser Ordnance Neutralization System) — The HLONS (HMMWV Laser Ordnance Neutralization System), commonly known as ZEUS, was developed for surface land mines and unexploded ordnance (UXO) neutralization. The ZEUS HLONS system was a co operative effort between [http://www.sparta.com/… … Wikipedia
Plastic explosive — Plastique redirects here. For other uses, see Plastique (disambiguation). C 4 plastic explosive (the off white rectangular blocks) being used to destroy unexploded artillery components. Plastic explosive is a specialised form of explosive… … Wikipedia
