Cluster bombs are small explosive bomblets carried in a large cannister that opens in mid-air, scattering them over a wide area. The bomblets may be delivered by aircraft, rocket, or by artillery projectiles. The CBU (cluster bomb unit) 26, which was widely used in Laos, is an anti-personnel fragmentation bomb that consists of a large bombshell holding 670 tennis ball-sized bomblets, each of ...

CLUSTER BOMBS ANTITANK BOMB CLUSTER MK 20, CBU-99, AND CBU-100 The antitank bomb cluster is an air-launched, conventional free-fall weapon. The Mk 20, CBU-99, and CBU-100 are used against armored vehicles. The CBUs are delivered to the fleet as completely assembled all-up-rounds (AURs). Fuzes, suspension lugs, arming wires, wire extractors, and all other necessary components are installed. The ...

Cluster Bombs: The Civilian Impact by Anthony Arnove Z magazine, March 2002 In the Persian Gulf War, the war in the Balkans, and now in Afghanistan, U. S . military planners said they had developed new methods of warfare that would hit military targets and spare civilian life or, in the preferred terminology, collateral damage. This is war and war is hell, Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) ...

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