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Unexploded Ordnances
What is UXO?
UXO, which stands for Unexploded Ordnance, results from the military's use of munitions in
training. Military munitions include bullets, bombs, rockets, pyrotechnics, grenades, blasting
caps, shells, fuses, pyrotechnic and explosive simulators, and other explosive items. Most
military munitions contain some form of propellants, explosives, or pyrotechnic (PEP) mixes to
make them function (explode, propel, or produce intense smoke or light) properly. When
military munitions do not function as intended (do what it is supposed to do) during use, they
normally become Unexploded Ordnance or UXO. Many people also refer to UXO as "duds."
These items are extremely dangerous and should never be touched or moved because they can
still explode and cause serious injury or death.
What does UXO look like?
Production of military munitions comes in many different sizes, shapes, and colors. Their size
and shape depends on how the military intends to use them. (For example: small arms
munitions, which are used for training soldiers on how to shoot their individual weapons, like
pistols or rifles, are small; artillery and tank rounds, which are used to train soldiers in the use
of crew-served weapons, like tanks and artillery weapons, are large; and rockets, fired from
helicopters, aircraft or ground vehicles, can vary in size, as can bombs dropped from aircraft.)
Explosives safety experts know that, overtime, the paint on military munitions that have been
used in training and that did not function properly (UXO) will wear off or fade. They also know
that because UXO are normally exposed to the weather they will normally rust, making them
more difficult to spot or recognize.
It is important to know that UXO:
o Come in many shapes and sizes. (Some will look new and other will look old and rusty. Some
will look like bullets or bombs. Some will look like pointed metal pipes, soda cans, small balls,
or even an old car muffler.)
o May not be easy to spot, most are partially or completely hidden.
UXO can be found:
o on top of the ground or partially or completely buried in the ground or even by sand or snow.
o in or under high grass or bushes.
o under water, in lakes or streams or, even, the ocean.
o May be look like a bullet or bomb, or be in many pieces. (Even small pieces of UXO can be
fatal)