munitions

Example Sentences

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Since fiscal 2015, annual spending on missiles and munitions has more than tripled.

From The Wall Street Journal

All options carry risks but a prolonged campaign in particular could incur significant costs to U.S. forces and munitions stockpiles, officials said, complicating the protection of regional partners if Iran is able to retaliate.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Many of these munitions will grow two to four times their existing production rates.”

From Barron's

Mother was sent to work in a munitions factory while I cleaned latrines at the railroad station.

From Literature

But the U.S. burned through munitions at a furious clip, firing more than 150 missiles, amounting to roughly a quarter of the interceptors ever purchased by the Pentagon.

From The Wall Street Journal