unexploded ordnance

Unexploded ordnance and unexploded bombs (UXBs) are explosive weapons that did not explode when they were deployed and remain at risk for detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded. When unwanted munitions are found, they are sometimes destroyed in controlled explosions, but accidental detonation of even very old explosives might also occur, sometimes with fatal consequences.

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RGD5 b

The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1140

Soldier sitting on naval shell lg

Sweeping without a broom 131029-M-Zs544-390

111-SC-42865 - NARA - 55244931

Kazakhstani Soldiers Receive More Than 1,300 Ordnances DVIDS71620

Secretary Blinken Tours Farmland Being Cleared of Unexploded Ordnance in Yahidne - 53182867460

111-SC-42864 - NARA - 55244929

Blidngangershill32

122 mm Projectile of MRL

• Impact of Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) on Rural Communities' Livelihoods in Xiengkhouang Province, Lao PDR - 2014 master's thesis by Sopha Soulineyadeth at Victoria University of Wellington, Q1860

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		RGD5 b		Commons
commons	image		The Battle of the Somme, July-november 1916 Q1140		Commons
commons	image		Soldier sitting on naval shell lg		Commons
commons	image		Sweeping without a broom 131029-M-Zs544-390		Commons
commons	image		111-SC-42865 - NARA - 55244931		Commons
commons	image		Kazakhstani Soldiers Receive More Than 1,300 Ordnances DVIDS71620		Commons
commons	image		Secretary Blinken Tours Farmland Being Cleared of Unexploded Ordnance in Yahidne - 53182867460		Commons
commons	image		111-SC-42864 - NARA - 55244929		Commons
commons	image		Blidngangershill32		Commons
commons	image		122 mm Projectile of MRL		Commons