As ordnance ran low and messages for renewal went unanswered, they made a plan to beat a hasty retreat. From LearnThat.org.
"They must have ordnance -- that's the English word, isn't it --". From Wordnik.com. [Freedoms Challenge]
Col. Hauck, who developed an expertise in ordnance, was a veteran of the Korean and Vietnam wars. From Wordnik.com. [Obituary: Wayne O. Hauck, Army colonel and owner of financial services firm, dies at 84] Reference
Perhaps the opposite table will give a fair idea of the changes in English ordnance during the eighteenth century. From Wordnik.com. [Artillery Through the Ages A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used in America] Reference
Use of WP in built up civilian areas would have been deliberate given that alternative smoke-generating ordnance is available. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Exclusive: Classified Pentagon Document Described White Phosphorus As ‘Chemical Weapon’] Reference
As in apparently the large amount of expended depleted uranium ordnance is having a very bad effect on the health of Afghanis. From Wordnik.com. [Light the blue touchpaper and retire to a safe distance] Reference
The calibre, if you are using Western ordnance, is and has been for decades, 155mm, as can be seen from Reuter's "picture of the month". From Wordnik.com. [Conflicting signals] Reference
His ordnance was the heaviest ever seen on the Mississippi, and in number his guns were enough to have battered down a mountain. From Wordnik.com. [The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)] Reference
QUESTION: Do you know what kind of ordnance, if any?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript - Special Event: Pentagon Official Briefs on Search For U.S. Fighter Jet in Scottish Highlands - March 27, 2001] Reference
This means that officers will take up at least one specialty, such as ordnance, construction, or engineering. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
CLARK: That apparently was some kind of ordnance, and the aircraft made a pass, we are just not seeing the results. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 23, 2003] Reference
Now, most of the worst examples from the list have been discussed here or elsewhere, but what about 'ordnance' and 'ordinance'?. From Wordnik.com. [languagehat.com: "MISPRONOUNCED" WORDS.] Reference
You said he'd be programming the 'ordnance' (missiles) right?. From Wordnik.com. [Firedoglake] Reference
A supply of ordnance stores will also be necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
A supply of ordnance-stores will also be necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Now on the business end of NATO ordnance, they at last really are victims. From Wordnik.com. [Vengeance Of A Victim Race] Reference
If Lee's left is turned, large provision will have to be made for ordnance stores. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Hood cannot even stand a drawn battle so far from his supplies of ordnance stores. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The ordnance then exploded, and a single piece of shrapnel entered the little boy's liver. From Wordnik.com. [Clearing The Clusters] Reference
Or simply two teenage killers 'ability to collect enough ordnance to sustain a small army?. From Wordnik.com. [Loitering On The Dark Side] Reference
The familiar thud of ordnance roused Sabina Rajcic from a deep sleep early last Wednesday. From Wordnik.com. [Make War, Make Peace] Reference
It is this vast amount of unexploded military ordnance that concerns the hellfighters most. From Wordnik.com. [Hellfighters To The Rescue] Reference
Alexander says it's just a guess how much unexploded ordnance is really left across Berlin. From Wordnik.com. [World War II Bombs Still Menace Germany] Reference
In addition to the human cost, says Hayter, there's the economic cost of unexploded ordnance. From Wordnik.com. [Mekong Divides Different Worlds In 'Golden Triangle'] Reference
The disposal of German-made ordnance is paid for not by the city but by the federal government. From Wordnik.com. [World War II Bombs Still Menace Germany] Reference
Unexploded ordnance is an ongoing problem for construction crews across Germany, especially in larger cities. From Wordnik.com. [World War II Bombs Still Menace Germany] Reference
As we've learned, using military ordnance to stage daffy PR campaigns in Manhattan is always a terrific idea. From Wordnik.com. [Park51 Opponents Now Just Dragging Missiles Around Manhattan, Because They Understand Tact] Reference
But it will take many decades and many millions of dollars more before the problem of unexploded ordnance is solved. From Wordnik.com. [Mekong Divides Different Worlds In 'Golden Triangle'] Reference
The modern aircraft already in the region can deliver more ordnance with much greater accuracy than the missiles can. From Wordnik.com. [A Slow Slide Toward War?] Reference
An Iraqi mortar round landed in the back seat, exploding the ordnance in the hummer and blowing the whole thing to shreds. From Wordnik.com. [Going Into Battle With The Tiger Brigade] Reference
Family photos show him as a teenager in 1991, hospitalized after a piece of leftover gulf war ordnance exploded in his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Guantanamo Justice?] Reference
Take with you the twelve mortars, with their ammunition, and all the thirty-pound Parrotts the ordnance-officer will supply. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The result has been dubbed carpet bombing, so named because traders drop the equivalent of heavy ordnance on row after row of S. From Wordnik.com. [Monthly Moves by 'Fear Gauge' Can Be More Quirky Than Scary] Reference
"There's a road we called IED Alley that the ordnance-disposal guys would clear regularly," says Sgt. Robert Lewis of Carrollton, Ga. From Wordnik.com. [Iraq's Real WMD] Reference
It was reported that 2,756,941 tons of ordnance was dropped in 230,516 sorties on 113,716 sites (or well over 5 billion pounds of bombs.). From Wordnik.com. [Norman Horowitz: The Harmonic Convergence and WikiLeaks] Reference
Others were jettisoned into the Adriatic by Allied pilots who deemed it unsafe to land with unused ordnance still attached to their wings. From Wordnik.com. [Seeds Of Carnage] Reference
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