Unexploded Explosive Ordnance Definition - MilitaryDictionary.org

unexploded explosive ordnance

1.) Explosive ordnance which has been primed, fused, armed or otherwise prepared for action, and which has been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or material and remains unexploded either by malfunction or design or for any other cause.

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• see also explosive ordnance

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Term Classification: operations