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fragmentation bomb

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fragmentation bomb [‚frag·mən′tā·shən ‚bäm]
(ordnance)
An item designed to be dropped from aircraft to produce many small, high-velocity fragments when detonated.


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Late last month, three NATO soldiers - two Portuguese and one Italian - were killed in Sarajevo when one of them brought a fragmentation bomb into their tent and it exploded.
The usual load included one 33-pound fragmentation bomb, four 11-pound incendiary bombs, and two demolition charges to destroy the balloon itself.
 
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