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Definition of Airbursts
1. airburst [n] - See also: airburst
Lexicographical Neighbors of Airbursts
Literary usage of Airbursts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical Implications of Nuclear War by Frederic Solomon (1986)
"As shown in Figure 26, if I assume that the 100 detonations are airbursts of 1-Mt
yield and that the hypothesized superfire casualty rules of the previous ..."
2. Effects of Nuclear Earth-penetrator And Other Weapons by Nas (2005)
"... does not account for any secondary activation for shallow buried bursts,
surface bursts, and airbursts. Depending on the target environment, ..."
3. Decisive Force: Strategic Bombing in the Gulf War by Richard G. Davis (1998)
"... correctly timed airbursts and proximity fused shells or bombs can be very
effective in the desert because their blasts are still spread over wide areas. ..."
4. Surviving Twilight: A Soldier's Chronicle of Daily Life in Iraq by Shane A. Bernskoetter (2005)
"A minute later some guys ran in from outside and said Victory had airbursts over it.
There were probably twenty mortar hits over there. ..."
5. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... by a spotter or an observer to indicate that the rounds fired resulted in both
air and impact bursts with a majority of the bursts being airbursts mixed ..."
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