Munitions

Munitions is so all-embracive, so inclusive a term, that it includes everything from shoes and socks and tooth brushes, which an army uses, to tanks and aeroplanes and guns - everything from army pants to navy beans, and supplies in time of war for an army is oftentimes more acute than man power.

Munitions and Common Sense 1935

The Ministry of Munitions is now employing three millions and a half of workers – (a year ago it was not much more than a million and a half) – of whom 400,000 are women; and the staff of the Ministry has grown from 3,000 – the figure given in my earlier letters – to 5,000, just as that army of women, which has sprung as it were out of the earth at the call of the nation, has almost doubled since I wrote in April last.

England's Effort: Letters to an American Friend 1916

The Dusseldorf-based company will serve as a subcontractor to Britain's BAE systems, responsible for providing ammunition to the British armed forces as part of a major deal with the Ministry of Defense known as the Munitions Acquisition Supply Solution initiative.

Latest News - UPI.com 2009

Air Force, were known as the Munitions Effectiveness Assessment Team, or MEAT.

The Kosovo Cover-Up 2008

Monday the Friends Committee on National Legislation is organizing a national call-in day encouraging people to call their senators (1-800-590-6313) and asking them to co-sponsor S. 416, the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act of 2009, a bill sponsored by Sen. Feinstein (CA) and already co-sponsored by 23 other senators.

National Call-In Day on Cluster Bombs « Antiwar.com Blog 2009

Campaigners and government delegates were last week attending the Second Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Beirut, Lebanon, where states reaffirmed their commitment to bring all countries on board the treaty and to eradicate cluster munitions completely.

UK arms fair under scrutiny over 'cluster munitions' stall 2011

In other military to military assistance, the Pentagon also provided the Israeli Air Force with U. S.-made Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAM bombs) in an effort to expand its weapon arsenal in preparation for a prolonged regional war while increasing U.S. emergency aid by fifty percent.

Sigurd Neubauer: How President Obama Grew to Become Israel's Best Friend Sigurd Neubauer 2010

The week-long Second Meeting of States Parties to the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions concluded on September 16 in Lebanon, a country which remains seriously contaminated by cluster munitions.

Human Rights Watch: Cluster Bomb Ban Powers Ahead Despite U.S. Absence Human Rights Watch 2011

Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, which is responsible for small arms R&D and purchasing for the military.

An Inside Look at the Rock River Arms AR-15 Factory 2009

The officials didn't explain how the gunmen took control of the site, called the 7th of October Munitions Factory, which is normally guarded by Yemeni security officials.

Blast at Yemen Munitions Plant Kills at Least 124 Hakim Almasmari 2011