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EXPLOSIVE ORDNANCE RECONNAISSANCE 901
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hidden device that will explode if an unknowing enemy soldier touches or moves it
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Booby trap
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explosive device that jumps into the air and spreads fragments
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Bounding mine
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when many of these are put together they make an explosive chain
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Charge
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aircraft delivered ordnance that opens to release small bomblets
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Cluster bomb
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destroying structures or obstacles
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Demolition
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to initiate a high explosive
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Detonate
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container attached to an aircraft that releases chemicals or submunitions
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Dispenser
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to penetrate and get stuck inside
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Embed
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stabilizing device on a bomb, rocket, or missile
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Fin
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the first element in an explosive chain
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Fuze
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to hit, collide, contact
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Impact
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inactive; not dangerous
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Inert
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to cause bad things like damage, pain, or sickness
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Inflict
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to interrupt the enemy's plans
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Interdiction
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scientific principle on which anti- armour weapons are designed
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Miznay Chardin Effect
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something you stick into a hole during storage
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Plug
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to make a UXO safe
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Render safe
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an aerodynamic shape
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Streamlined
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explosive devices which have not detonated yet
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Unexploded ordnance
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the payload of a bomb, missile, or rocket
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Warhead
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the walls of a container
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Case
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the shape of a cone
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Conical
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to damage the enemy's spirits
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Demoralize
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air or water resistance
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Drag
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easily broken
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Fragile
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something a pilot does to get rid of his payload in an emergency
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Jettison
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to take away the danger
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Neutralize
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fins that slow a bomb down
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Retarding
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when a projectile hits something and bounces off it
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Ricochet
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when the enemy sneaks into your territory and destroys something of yours
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Sabotage
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the shape of a spring
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Spiral
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to rotate back and forth on a pivot
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Swivel
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fencing material used to keep people out of dangerous areas
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Barbed wire
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place between the ogival and the body of a projectile which contacts the bore
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Bourrelet
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strong building made of concrete used for protection against enemy fire
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Bunker
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explosive charge designed to open the casing
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Burster
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the diameter of the bore of a gun or cannon
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Caliber
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describes the inner surface of a sphere
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Concave
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describes the outer surface of a sphere
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Convex
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chemical that removes leaves
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Defoliant
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different than normal or usual
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Divergent
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the left or right sides of a position
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Flank
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device which initiates an explosive chain when it contacts the target
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Impact fuze
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the process of making the enemy not able to function
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Incapacitating
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aircraft delivered ordnance which makes a hot, long-burning fire
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Incendiary bomb
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to write in a permanent way
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Inscribe
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to be hidden from view
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Obscured
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the shape of the nose of a projectile
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Ogival
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contamination which lasts a long time
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Persistent
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type of ordnance which is fired from a gun or cannon
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Projectile
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device which initiates an explosive chain when it senses the presence of the target nearby
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Proximity fuze
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broken container with the contents leaking out
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Ruptured
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rule or device which helps prevents accidents
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Safeguard
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device which initiates an explosive chain a few seconds after impact with the target
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Short delay fuze
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when a liquid sprays out in all directions
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Spatter
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the rotation of a projectile for stabilization
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Spin
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charge which produces smoke to mark the target
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Spotting charge
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the balance of a projectile during flight
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Stability
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when the sides of a object decreases in width
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Taper
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device which initiates an explosive chain after a predetermined amount of time has passed from being fired, launched, or released
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Time fuze
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a charge on a projectile which produces light so that you can adjust your aim
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Tracer
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the curved path of a projectile as it travels through the air
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Trajectory
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keeping something or someone out of the group
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exclusion
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radioactive particles that float down to the ground after a nuclear explosion
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Fallout
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an aerial dart that is in some warheads
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Flechette
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a hand launched explosive weapon
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Grenade
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protrusions on a sea mine
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Horn
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very deadly
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Lethal
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munition emplaced in the ground or the sea that initiates if metal comes near it
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Magnetic mine
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to secure something to the ground with a chain, rope, or cable
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Moor
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hand launched weapon used during an advance on the enemy
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Offensive grenade
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cover for electronic guidance equipment on the nose of missiles and guided bombs
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Radome
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being able to do many different things
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Versatile
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chemical that produces heat and smoke when it contacts oxygen
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White phosphorous
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putting things in the correct position
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Emplacement
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when a vacuum draws its outer edges towards the center
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Implosion
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place where you insert a wrench in the body of a missile
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spanner hole
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When a substance has a wavy surface
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Corrugated
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Structure made from sandbags that reinforces a wall
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Abutment
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Tool used to test the circuit of an electric firing system
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Blasting galvanometer
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Long shallow groove in the ground
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Furrow
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A dirty powder made from carbon
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Residue
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The shattering power of an explosive
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Brisance
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Process of digging a hole above the UXO’s position
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Venting
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To cross electric wires in order to make a short-circuit
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Shunt
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When the wind, rain, or heat causes natural deterioration
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Erode
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When something is surprisingly undamaged
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Intact
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Putting sandbags over a UXO
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Mounding
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The action of putting heavy material next to a wall to support it
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Bulwark
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Chemical breakdown of a substance
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Decomposition
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An old type of road surface made from rocks
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Macadam
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Cylindrical hole in the ground
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Shaft
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A hidden bubble of poisonous gas underground
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Camouflet
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Digging a ditch between the UXO and an important underground structure
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Trenching
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The name of the technique of putting sandbags next to a wall to support it
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Buttressing
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To move away from the intended path
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Veer
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Smoldering remains of a fire that glow red
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Embers
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The large bowl shaped hole in the ground that an explosion makes
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crater
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