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airburst::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | blowup, detonation, explosion |
Examples of airburst
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The larger calibers of anti-aircraft artillery are almost always used airburst.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Airburst munitions significantly increase the relative risk for lying men, etc.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The governing physics, he said, was precisely the same as for the airburst on Jupiter.
From the sciencedaily.com
The airburst flattened tens of millions of trees over an area of about 800 square miles.
From the nytimes.com
Airburst fuzes usually have a combined airburst and impact function.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Early airburst fuzes used igniferous timers which lasted into the second half of the 20th Century.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They needed somewhere quiet to practice their airburst.
From the guardian.co.uk
The early versions were often limited to proximity airburst, albeit with height of burst options, and impact.
From the en.wikipedia.org
An airburst over Tunguska, Siberia, flattens trees over hundreds of square miles, and the boom is heard thousands of miles away.
From the newscientist.com
- An explosion in the atmosphere
- Airburst is a 2001 Mac OS game developed by Strange Flavour and published by Freeverse. On October 25, 2007, it was announced for Xbox Live Arcade game for the Xbox 360. ...
- (JP 1-02, NATO) - An explosion of a bomb or projectile above the surface as distinguished from an explosion on contact with the surface or after penetration. (See also weapons of mass destruction.) See FMs 3-3-1 and 6-series.
- Explosion or detonation of a munition above the ground or IN THE AIR, generating a wider (omnidirectional) dispersion; see PROXIMITY FUZE, FLAK; compare BURST.
- A device consisting of a packet of pyrotechnic powder, an electric match, and in some cases small pyrotechnic stars designed to simulate aerial fireworks when suspended in the air.
