Unexploded ordnance definition

Unexploded ordnance means military munitions that have been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action, and have been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installation, personnel, or material and remain unexploded either by malfunction, design, or any other cause.
Unexploded ordnance means explosive ordnance that has been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for use and used in an armed conflict. It may have been fired, dropped, launched or projected and should have exploded but failed to do so.
Unexploded ordnance. (“UXO”) means all munitions, dumps and deposits of explosives, biological, chemical, radiological or other harmful weapons, agents and substances, explosive in nature whether exploded or unexploded present in the Stoney Point Lands.

Examples of Unexploded ordnance in a sentence

  • Unexploded ordnance may be encountered while conducting fieldwork.

  • MEC is a term, which distinguishes specific categories of military munitions that may pose unique explosives safety risks and includes: (A) Unexploded ordnance (UXO), as defined in 10 USC 101(e)(5); (B) Discarded military munitions (DMM), as defined in 10 USC 2710(e)(2); or (C) Munition constituents (MC) (e.g., TNT, RDX) as defined in 10 USC 2710(e)(3), present in high enough concentrations to pose an explosive hazard (10 USC 2710(e)(2)).

  • Unexploded ordnance and pyrotechnics can be expected to be encountered in any portion of the live fire area with concentration around known objective points.


More Definitions of Unexploded ordnance

Unexploded ordnance means explosive ordnance that has been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for use and used in an armed conflict. It may have been fired, dropped, launched or projected and yet remains unexploded either through malfunction or design or for any other reason.
Unexploded ordnance. ’ means explosive ordnance that has been prepared for use 15
Unexploded ordnance and the acronym “UXO” mean the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme established by the Prime Minister’s Decree No. 49 dated February 13, 1996.
Unexploded ordnance or “UXO” means unexploded bombs, or explosive remnants of war or explosive weapons(such as bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and the like) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes long after they were used or discarded.
Unexploded ordnance means any explosive ordnance (including ammunition, bomb grenade or torpedo) that has failed to explode or detonate, affecting the Concession Area and which could not have been reasonably foreseen by a competent investigation preceding the Commencement Date.
Unexploded ordnance means military munitions that have been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action, and have been fired, dropped, launched,

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