munitions

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Navy decommissioned its last battleship in 1992, after the military recognized that battleships had become sitting ducks, vulnerable to modern military munitions that could pick off the vessel from the sky.

From Salon • May 8, 2026

Defense official familiar with the matter said the U.S. military has used the weeks-long pause to replenish its munitions.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

For decades, shipbuilding was underfunded, while maintenance, dry docks and munitions also lagged.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Field is also high on German armaments mainstay Rheinmetall, Morningstar’s top pick in a European defense sector that has counterintuitively declined as the U.S. depletes munitions in the Persian Gulf.

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

She expected Minerva to make an impassioned pitch for using the family farm for a munitions storage.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez