submunition

noun

sub·mu·ni·tion (ˌ)səb-myü-ˈni-shən

: any of a group of smaller weapons carried as a warhead by a missile or projectile and expelled as the carrier approaches its target

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Fired from mobile launchers, ATACMS have a range of up to 300 kilometers (186 miles) and can deploy single high-explosive warheads or up to 900 submunitions, according to the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. —

Brad Lendon, CNN, 2 Sep. 2024 In July, the Biden administration began supplying Ukraine with 155-millimeter artillery shells that each contain 72 smaller submunitions designed for destroying armored vehicles and enemy soldiers. —

John Ismay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023 The missiles were not the deep-strike variant Kyiv had requested, with the United States instead opting for a shorter-range weapon that drops cluster submunitions. —

Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023 One photo taken at the scene at one of Tuesday’s strikes appears to show an unexploded M74 submunition — a small bomblet about the size of a baseball, which is carried by the oldest versions of the ATACMS missile, called the M39. —

John Ismay, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for submunition