Definition

Military-speak for the complete package of explosive devices: bombs, missiles, rockets, and ammunition. NATO specifically uses it to distinguish complete weapon systems from guns and launchers. Basically, if it goes boom and gets dropped from a plane or launched from a tube, it's munitions—the military industrial complex's product catalog.

Example Usage

The munitions depot stored enough ordnance to supply the entire theater of operations for six months.

Source: NATO military terminology

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