How to Use submunition in a Sentence

submunition

noun

• One of the most useful missions for a submunition weapon is as an anti-airfield weapon.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2020
• The use or transfer of unexploded submunitions, which amount to landmines, has been banned by more than a hundred countries, though the U.S., Ukraine, and Russia are not a part of the treaty.
  — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 18 July 2023
• The mini-bombs in cluster munition are known as submunitions, bomblets, or grenades.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023
• Cluster weapons explode in the air over a target, releasing dozens to hundreds of smaller submunitions across a wide area.
  — Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
• The mine is activated by a seismic sensor that detects a person approaching the mine; the POM-3 then ejects a submunition upwards that explodes outwards with a lethal radius of 16 meters.
  — Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• Cluster munitions scatter unguided submunitions, or bomblets, as small as 20 kilograms over a large area, maybe the size of several football fields.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 July 2023
• The submunitions can fail to explode on impact, potentially killing or injuring people long after a conflict ends.
  — Mikhail Klimentov, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
• Weir noted there are various kinds of submunitions, some are designed to penetrate armor or concrete while others are made to unleash as many fragments as possible against troops.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 7 July 2023
• Once an enemy tank or armored vehicle is detected, the submunition fires a self-forging warhead that lances down through the top of the vehicle, penetrating the thin armor and destroying it.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2022
• Launched from the ground or dropped from the air, cluster munitions consist of containers that open and disperse submunitions, or bomblets, that fan out and explode, killing or maiming without distinction between civilian and military targets.
  — Rick Gladstone, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2017
• The 227-millimeter rocket system was originally conceived as a way to plaster area targets with grenade-like submunitions dispersed from salvos of unguided rockets.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Oct. 2018
• Children are particularly vulnerable, because the submunitions can fail to explode until they are picked up, even years after a conflict has ended.
  — John Hudson and Anastacia Galouchka, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2023
• Cluster munitions encompass an array of rockets, bombs, missiles and artillery projectiles that scatter smaller weapons, called submunitions, over a wide area.
  — Rick Gladstone and Nour Youssef, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2018
• Picatinny Arsenal also claims the shell could be used to send other resupply items, surveillance electronics, or even a submunition at an enemy target.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 Mar. 2017
• The cluster munitions, which detonate dozens of submunitions called bomblets, could address ammunition concerns.
  — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 6 July 2023
• Children are particularly vulnerable, as the submunitions can fail to explode until they're picked up, potentially years after a conflict has ended.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 21 July 2023
• Children are particularly vulnerable, as the submunitions can fail to explode until they’re picked up, potentially years after a conflict has ended.
  — John Hudson, Isabelle Khurshudyan, Anchorage Daily News, 20 July 2023
• Some exotic submunitions may also be individually guided using infrared sensors.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2023

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024