Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO) and unexploded bombs (UXBs) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and other munitions) that did not explode when they were deployed and remain at detonative risk, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.

2025年1月21日 · EOD Team 04 responded to a call-out in Takok Village, Kantuot Commune, Svay Leu District of Siem Reap Province where they found one Chinese 80 mm type 56 launcher, and three M6 fuze made in the USSR.

Unexploded ordnance (UXO) is most likely to be encountered on military or former military sites. UXO poses risk of injury or death to anyone in the vicinity. Early identification of potential UXO is the first and most important step in reducing risk posed …

A person's ability to recognize a UXO is the first and most important step in reducing the risk posed by a UXO hazard. This section presents information on the most common types of UXO and how it may be found in the field.

2023年8月9日 · Military munitions that were used, but failed to function, are called unexploded ordnance, or UXO. UXO have been found throughout Gateway National Recreation Area, most recently at Fort Tilden and Fort Hancock.

After a brief hiatus, we’re back with our regular monthly news feed – and January has been a busy month for UXO discoveries… An investigation is currently underway by Shell into an item of ‘suspected unexploded ordnance’ which was discovered near a North Sea gas pipeline.

Military munitions that were used, but fail to function as intended are called UXO or unexploded ordnance. Military munitions abandoned without proper disposal or removed from storage in a military magazine or other storage area for the purpose of disposal are called discarded military munitions or DMM.

2023年9月4日 · Unexploded ordnance, or UXO as it’s commonly known, is explosive ordnance which has been primed, fused, armed or otherwise prepared for action and which has been buried, dropped, fired, launched, projected, thrown, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to material, installations, operations, or personnel.

5 天之前 · Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) continues to claim lives and hinder economic opportunities worldwide. Every year, UXO kills and injures thousands of civilians across the world, restricting access to livelihoods and essential basic services. In the past year alone, five decades after the end of the second Indochina War, UXO accidents in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) resulted in the ...

The DPRA search resulted in the identification of 126 documented UXO incidents across the United States where civilians were injured or killed by contact with UXO found on both former and active bombing/artillery ranges, proving grounds, and other military activities in the United States.