Europe needs cluster munitions to defend itself from Russia, two military analysts say. If the US backs away from NATO, European militaries will need them to knock out Russian air defenses.

The 2022 monitoring report of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines-Cluster Munitions Coalition said 97% of cluster bomb victims in 2021 were civilians, 66% of those were children.

Ukraine has requested American Mk.20 Rockeye II anti-tank cluster bombs.One 500-pound Rockeye contains 247 small bomblets, each capable of destroying a tank. The weapon was designed so U.S. attack ...

Cluster ammunitions are controversial, and the decision by the White House to send them to Ukraine is turning heads. That’s because they’re banned in more than 100 countries. The Pentagon made ...

A cluster munition is a bomb that opens in the air and releases smaller “bomblets” across a wide area. The bomblets are designed to take out tanks and equipment, as well as troops, hitting ...

An image showing an RBK-500 cluster bomb, as new reports suggest Russia is using modified RBK-500s as glide bombs in southern Donetsk. Russia is now using a "number of new types of glide bomb ...

The United States has announced that it is sending cluster munitions to Ukraine to help its military push back Russian forces entrenched along the front lines. The administration of Joe Biden said ...

Israel has accused Iran of deploying a missile armed with cluster munitions during the ongoing conflict, marking the first reported use of such weapons. These munitions release submunitions over a ...

During the Vietnam War Cluster bombs were usually a one thousand pound bomb that released up to 200 or more smaller bomblets. About 285 million bomblets were dropped on Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos ...

South Sudan acceded to the international Convention on Cluster Munitions on August 3, 2023, the 112th country to do so, Human Rights Watch said today.

Europe needs cluster munitions to defend itself from Russia, two military analysts say. If the US backs away from NATO, European militaries will need them to knock out Russian air defenses.

Cluster ammunitions are controversial, and the decision by the White House to send them to Ukraine is turning heads. That’s because they’re banned in more than 100 countries. The Pentagon made ...