ordnance

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Landmines remain an ongoing risk to Cambodia, and more than a million people continue to work and live on land contaminated by mines and unexploded ordnance, according to the United Nations.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Instead, one of the men took the ordnance home and either left it in their truck overnight, or brought it into their house, the claim alleges.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Charlene Poston was ready for her son, an aviation ordnance man responsible for loading bombs onto aircraft, to come home on Feb. 2, she told the Journal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

"If we speak about unexploded ordnance in general - missiles, artillery shells, aerial bombs - the total number will be many times higher" than several thousand, Fox says.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

The shield was heavier than I would have liked, but do soldiers ever get to choose their ordnance?

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel