explosive weapon

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• Explosive weapon — An explosive weapon generally uses high explosive to project blast and/or fragmentation from a point of detonation. Explosive weapons may be subdivided by their method of manufacture into explosive ordnance and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) …   Wikipedia

• weapon of mass destruction — noun a weapon that kills or injures civilian as well as military personnel (nuclear and chemical and biological weapons) • Syn: ↑WMD, ↑W.M.D. • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …   Useful english dictionary

• Explosive Mine — Explosive mines are mines that explode.* Land mine, the anti tank and anti personnel weapon * Naval mine * Pyrotechnical mine, a type of firework …   Wikipedia

• Weapon of mass destruction — For the Hip hop album, see Weapons of Mass Destruction (album). Weapons of mass destruction …   Wikipedia

• Explosive lens — An explosive lens as used, for example, in nuclear weapons is a highly specialized explosive charge. In general, it is a device composed of several explosive charges that are shaped in such a way as to change the shape of the detonation wave… …   Wikipedia

• Explosive material — A number of 1.25lb M112 Demolition Charges, consisting of a C 4 compound, sit atop degraded weaponry scheduled for destruction An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential… …   Wikipedia

• explosive — explosively, adv. explosiveness, n. /ik sploh siv/, adj. 1. tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence. 3. likely to lead to… …   Universalium

• Weapon — For other uses, see Weapon (disambiguation). See military technology and equipment for a comprehensive list of weapons and doctrines. Warfare Military history Eras …   Wikipedia

• explosive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See violence, danger. n. dynamite, TNT, nitroglycerin. See violence, arms. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Eruptive] Syn. bursting, detonating, dangerous, convulsive, fulminating, atomic, fulminant,… …   English dictionary for students

• Thermobaric weapon — A thermobaric weapon, which includes the type known as a fuel air bomb , is an explosive weapon that produces a blast wave of a significantly longer duration than those produced by condensed explosives. This is useful in military applications… …   Wikipedia

• CBU-107 Passive Attack Weapon — The CBU 107 Passive Attack Weapon is an air dropped guided bomb containing 3,750 non explosive steel and tungsten penetrator rods of various sizes. It was designed to attack targets where an explosive effect may be undesirable, such as fuel… …   Wikipedia