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lethal radius

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lethal radius [′lē·thəl ′rād·ē·əs]
(ordnance)
The distance from point of burst or ground zero at which a projectile, missile, or the like will probably destroy a target or kill persons.


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The TR-107 high-explosive warhead scatters more than 500 lethal fragments over a 14-metre radius and the TRB-107 high-explosive fragmentation warhead scatters 2800 steel balls over a lethal radius of 25 metres.
When detonated, the Claymore spits out steel balls out in a fan-shaped pattern, with a lethal radius of about 50 meters.
The large number of conventional munitions required to kill produce a great suppressive byproduct of blast and flying steel well beyond the munitions' lethal radius.
 
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