Cluster bombs
Nature
Cluster bombs are composed of 202 small bomblets which are scattered and designed to explode on impact. When they fail to detonate – 5 percent are typically duds – they effectively become antipersonnel mines.
Incidence
Cluster bombs are often used by U.S. forces. Human Rights Watch estimated in a recent report on Afghanistan that 12,400 unexploded bomblets remain on the ground and have killed or injured 127 civilians since October 2001.
Broader
Aggravates
SDG
Metadata
Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
Defence » Arms
Fundamental sciences » Mathematics
Content quality
Unpresentable
Language
English
1A4N
J3852
DOCID
12038520
D7NID
147507
Last update
Oct 4, 2020