UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE (UXO)

The term UXO covers a host of different kinds of ordnance or ammunition-grenades, mortars, rockets, shells and bullets in particular -which has not been used or has been fired ( or simply abandoned), but have failed to explode. This does not mean that the UXO is safe. In fact, it is extremely unstable and can be detonated by the slightest touch.

Unexploded Air-dropped object

Usually UXQ cause much more destruction than landmines. The lethal range of the explosion of a common mortar, for instance, is 300 metres, while the explosion of a large bomb may be lethal within a range of 1,000 metres or more.

Cluster bomb - UXO

Main Points: UXO comes in various shapes, sizes, and colours. UXO is commonly more powerful than Mines and can kill over a wider area. UXO is extremely unstable and can be detonated by the slightest touch.	Cluster bomb - UXO

DanChurchAid-ACT International Mine Action Team Torgeir Nergaard Kosova January 2000