munition 復習
アフガニスタンの首都カブールの空港で、会談で訪れた米国防長官が空港に着陸した後、空港近くにロケット弾が着弾しました。タリバン側によると、米国防長官を狙ったとのことです。
Taliban claims it targeted US defense chief's plane in attack on Kabul airport
The Taliban and ISIS are both taking credit for a rocket attack on Kabul airport early Wednesday just hours after U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis landed in Afghanistan for a surprise visit.
A barrage of up to 40 rounds of munitions hit the airport, including 29 rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. military officials.
Afghan Interior Ministry spokesperson Najib Danish said later that three people allegedly involved in the attack were killed by Afghan special forces in an operation close to the airport.
Mattis had left the airport hours before the attack took place. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, also in Afghanistan, was similarly out of harm's way when the rockets hit.
取り上げる単語は"munition"/mjuːníʃən/です。『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、「軍需品、軍用品」とあり、"munitions industry"で「軍需産業」となります。LDOCEでは、"military supplies such as bombs and guns"と定義されています。
幸い、死傷者は出ていないとのことです。因みに過去にこの単語に似た語"ammunition"が取り上げられています。(Akim)
ammunition 復習 - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
ammunition - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
