Unexploded explosive ordnance

{
  "id": "MLC-T-DEF-001726",
  "term": "Unexploded explosive ordnance",
  "field": "Defense and military",
  "definition": "Explosive ordnance that has been primed, fused, armed, or otherwise prepared for action and has been fired, dropped, launched, projected, or placed in such a manner as to constitute a hazard to operations, installations, personnel, or material and remains unexploded either by malfunction or design or for any other cause.",
  "abbreviation": "UXO",
  "see_also": [
    "explosive ordnance"
  ],
  "references": [
    "JP 3-42"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/defense/unexploded-explosive-ordnance/"
}