Cluster munition - Wikipedia
Cluster munitions are air-dropped or ground-launched weapons. They release a number of smaller submunitions with the intention to kill enemy personnel or destroy vehicles. Commonly, this is a cluster bomb that ejects explosive bomblets designed to kill personnel and destroy vehicles.

How Do Cluster Bombs Work? What Makes Them So Lethal
How do cluster bombs work? Discover the mechanics, deployment methods, and impact of these controversial weapons in modern warfare.

What are cluster bombs and why is US sending them to Ukraine? - BBC
What are cluster munitions? Cluster munitions are a method of dispersing large numbers of tiny bomblets from a rocket, missile or artillery shell that scatters them in mid-flight over a...

Cluster Munitions at a Glance - Arms Control Association
Cluster munitions, also called cluster bombs or CBUs, are gravity bombs, artillery shells, and rockets that fragment into small bomblets or grenades.

What are cluster bombs and why are they banned in some countries?
Here is a look at what cluster munitions are, why they are so controversial and where they have been used.

What Are Cluster Bombs And Why Are They Among The Most Controversial ...
A cluster bomb is not a single explosive, but a delivery system. Typically dropped from aircraft or launched via artillery, a cluster munition opens mid-air to release a cargo of dozens, sometimes hundreds, of submunitions, also called "bomblets".

Are Cluster Bombs a War Crime Under International Law?
Using cluster bombs is not automatically a war crime, but it crosses that line more easily than almost any other conventional weapon. For the 112 countries that have ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions, any use is flatly illegal under treaty law. For countries outside that treaty, including the United States, Russia, and China, cluster munitions remain legal weapons in principle, but ...

Hezbollah, Iran unleash coordinated cluster bomb strikes on Israel in ...
Hezbollah and Iran launched a coordinated strike strategy Tuesday, a national security expert claimed, as reports emerged that deadly cluster munitions were hitting Israel in synchronized attacks ...

Hot New Bombshells: Cluster Munitions’ Humanitarian Legacy and Impact
Cluster munitions, alternatively called cluster bombs, were first developed and used during World War II by both German and Soviet forces on the Eastern front.