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But previous experience from WWII shows just how effective this type of airburst weapon is.—David Hambling, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024 Tall el-Hammam may have been destroyed by a massive cosmic airburst and may have been the biblical Sodom.—Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 21 Jan. 2022 However, some astronomers wonder if these accounts describe a Tunguska-style airburst that leveled a city.—Eric Betz, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2020 North Korea’s military simulated a nuclear airburst with two tactical ballistic missiles equipped with mock warheads during Monday’s training, while testing a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone again on March 25-27, KCNA said in separate dispatches.—Reuters, NBC News, 28 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for airburst
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