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submunition en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English munition English submunition From sub- + munition.

Meanings

1. Any part of a weapon (typically a bomb or missile) that separates from a parent munition before or during employment.
   • Bellingcat[…] has reviewed some of the pictures collected by the Guardian, confirmed the presence of tail fins of RBK-500 cluster bombs with PTAB-1M submunitions and cluster rocket, launched by BM-30 Smerch. 2022 April 21, Lorenzo Tondo, “Russia using cluster bombs to kill Ukrainian civilians, analysis suggests”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

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