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Definition of Munitions

Munition
Munition Mu*ni"tion, n. [F., munition of war, L. munitio a fortifying, fortification, fr. munire to fortify, defend with a wall; cf. moenia walls, murus (for moirus) a wall, and Skr. mi to fix, make firm. Cf. Ammunition.] 1. Fortification; stronghold. [Obs.] His place of defense shall be the munitions of rocks. --Is. xxxiii. 16. 2. Whatever materials are used in war for defense or for annoying an enemy; ammunition; also, stores and provisions; military stores of all kinds. The bodies of men, munition, and money, may justly be called the sinews of war. --Sir W. Raleigh.

Meaning of Munitions from wikipedia

- release a large number of projectiles at the same time (e.g., cluster munitions or shotgun s****). A dud is loaded ammunition that fails to function...
- on Cluster Munitions (CCM) is an international treaty that prohibits all use, transfer, production, and stockpiling of cluster munitions, a type of explosive...
- The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution...
- Munitions India Limited (MIL) is an Indian state-owned defence company, headquartered in Pune, India, established in 2021 as part of the restructuring...
- unlike many other types of aerial munitions, their attacks can be changed mid-flight or aborted. Loitering munitions share characteristics with cruise...
- A munitions factory, also called an ordnance factory or a munitions manufacturing base, is a factory that produces explosives, ammunition, missiles, and...
- temporary incapacitation or sensory irritation through its chemical action. Munitions or other delivery devices designed to deliver chemical weapons, whether...
- The TM 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook is a 256-page United States Army technical manual intended for the United States Army Special Forces. It was...
- White phosphorus munitions are weapons that use one of the common allotropes of the chemical element phosphorus. White phosphorus is used in smoke, illumination...
- that are designed to kill personnel and destroy vehicles. Other cluster munitions are designed to destroy runways or electric power transmission lines....