munitions

Example Sentences

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Critical munitions, including some that would be needed in a fight over Taiwan, are in shorter supply than before the Iran war began.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The Pentagon publicly puts the direct cost of Operation Epic Fury at roughly $29 billion so far, mostly for munitions and equipment replacement.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

"The munitions issue has been foolishly and unhelpfully overstated," he said.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

US forces had fired "precision munitions into their smokestacks, preventing the non-compliant ships from entering Iran," the statement said.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

You could blame the munitions makers or Karl Marx or a trick of fate or an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien