Joe Sestak

Look, it's no longer about capacity, how many ships, how many air wings, how many battalions. It's about capability. If we dominate cyber space and know and can read the other guy's mail, and with a very accurate laser-guided munitions put it in this window or that window, it's not how much, it's knowing exactly where to pinpoint a target.

American Politician

Tommy Franks

We have learned that precision munitions go precisely where they're targeted to go. We've learned that the introduction of human beings in the equation, who can cause the precision munitions to go precisely where they should go, pays a huge dividend.

American General

Anita Brookner

I'm not very popular, because they're bleak and they're mournful and all the rest of it and I get censorious reviews. But I'm only writing fiction. I'm not making munitions, so I think it's acceptable.

English Historian

Pete Hoekstra

Islamic fundamentalists in dark areas of Libya rifled through leftover stockpiles of conventional, chemical, and biological munitions from Muammar Gaddafi's rule. Who knows where they are now?

Saul David

By 1917, thanks to the new munitions factories and the women that worked in them, the British Empire was supplying more than 50 million shells a year.

British Historian

Tom Malinowski

Nations have succeeded before in banning classes of weapons - chemical, biological and cluster munitions; landmines; blinding lasers.

James Mercer

My dad was a Navy munitions officer, and by the end of his career, he was a specialist in nuclear weapons.

American Musician

Clint Eastwood

The only black battalion on Iwo Jima was a small munitions supply unit that came to the beach.

American Actor

The term is often used in military and defense-related discussions or reports.

Warfare Context

'Munition' can refer to any physical materials used in combat, not just small arms ammunition.

Not Just Bullets

Sometimes used metaphorically to describe something that fuels or energizes a dispute or debate.

Metaphorical Use

Think beyond combat; 'munition' as a verb includes organizing, storing, and distributing weapons.

Supply Logistics

When used as a verb, it suggests thorough preparation for a possible conflict or challenge.

Preparation Connotation

It is a specific action, pointing to the moment weapons and ammo are provided, not general support.

Action Specificity

 up three cars using the center vehicle as the target for our bombs the center car will be rigged with explosives to simulate the sort of damage that a real-life explosive bomb causes when it hits its target when this empty munitions case drops on

Concrete "Bomb" PIPE I...

 one of the few jobs he was able to find was picking lemons. When I ask him if it's safe to work in the field he said, "I'm not sure." Research shows that cluster munitions often contaminate areas where agriculture is the main source of income.

Munition

Warfare Context

Not Just Bullets

Metaphorical Use

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