Sentences with phrase «unexploded ordnance»
"Unexploded ordnance" refers to explosive weapons, like bombs or grenades, that have not detonated as intended during a military operation. These dangerous devices might still pose a threat to people and the environment, as they can explode if mishandled or disturbed. Full definition
When I had to dispose of unexploded ordnance that had been fired but not gone off I asked myself, did it arm or did it not arm.
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One of the whales has washed up on land owned by the UK Ministry of Defence containing unexploded ordnances, and can't be accessed safely.
Raw eggs were handled with the kind of care usually reserved for unexploded ordnance.
They are warriors who are properly trained, equipped and integrated to attack, defeat and exploit unexploded ordnance, improvised explosive devices and weapons of mass destruction.
Bosnia and Herzegovina is the most heavily mined country in Europe with an estimated half - a-million mines and unexploded ordnance left over from the war in the 90s.
This would be a great place to go camping, except for the whole unexploded ordnance / bandits / heatstroke thing.
The island was a former bombing range and there are possible unexploded ordnance.
The company, together with MAG and a Swiss NGO called Helvetas, has educated the artisans and foundries about different kinds of metals and insisted that they not accept anything considered dangerous, thus «dis - incentivizing collectors to touch unexploded ordnance.»
EGYPT: Mr. Ayman Sorour, Human Rights and Mine Action Foundation / Protection Mr. Sorour is founding executive director of Protection Against Armaments and Consequences, a NGO that works to address Egypt's mine and unexploded ordnance problem.
After World War 1 farmers found a plethora of unexploded ordnance, barbed wire, weapons, shrapnel and bullets while ploughing their fields.
Since the island is still owned by the US Navy, was a former bombing range, and may contain unexploded ordnance, a permit (including liability waiver) is required to visit the island.
The victims said the instruments include, life bombs, abandoned unexploded ordnances (AXO), unexploded ordnances (UXO) and the explosive remnant of war (ERW).
They know where the unexploded ordnance is buried around Whitehall, and how to use Freedom of Information laws to set it off.
«They also successfully discovered and safely detonated an unexploded ordnance.
The need for safe and efficient technologies for detecting buried landmines and unexploded ordnance is a humanitarian issue of immense global proportions.
Writing in the journal Nature Biotechnology, they present a novel, functional system combining lasers and bacteria to remotely map the location of buried landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Clearly, there is a critical need for an efficient solution for the remote detection of buried landmines and unexploded ordnance.
There's unexploded ordnance.
Much of San Miguel island is closed to exploration due to unexploded ordnance, sensitive habitat, and archaeological sites unless accompanied by a park ranger or a park naturalist.
Here, players get to experience the long - term consequences of war firsthand, with a particular focus on the effects of mines and unexploded ordnance.
Article22 was born, with a mission to create sustainable fashion from a waste product and provide jobs in a country where it's difficult to raise oneself out of poverty, precisely because of the prevalence of unexploded ordnance (UXO) everywhere.
Due to wars in the region, a lot of places in Vietnam, especially the central region and northern shorelines, have unexploded ordnance, or UXO: mines and bombs that were used during wars that didn't explode and are still sitting in fields and just below the soil.