The first cluster bomb was the Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2kg (SD2), known as the 'butterfly bomb', a particularly nasty type of anti-personnel cluster bomb developed by the German Luftwaffe.

Amid stalled peace talks, Russia is increasingly attacking Ukrainian cities with cluster munitions, banned by international ...

Cluster bombs are anti-personnel weapons that eject multiple smaller bomblets over a large area. They can be very effective, and Russia has used them against Ukrainians from the start of the war.

They were anti-personnel submunition: chopped-steel shards that sprayed out in timed detonation over a wide arc. ... But unexploded cluster bombs are widely viewed as being especially dangerous.

The U.S is going to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions—bombs or shells that release a hail of mini-bombs over a ... Each rocket can spray out 24-30 9M27K bomblets or 312 anti-personnel mines.

Poland, Lithuania, Estonia and other eastern European countries are eyeing an exit of the Ottawa Convention banning anti-personnel landmines to prevent Russia from invading.

The basic German 500-pound aerial bomb, effective against buildings and other structures, was supplemented by cluster bombs, like the AB-250 scattering 108 four-pound antipersonnel bomblets.

Biden Mulls Cluster Bombs for Ukraine as Reports Emerge of Kyiv’s Use of Banned Landmines. ... Ukraine is a signatory to the 1997 Ottawa Treaty, which comprehensively bans anti-personnel mines.

The formerly Soviet-ruled Baltic state of 2.8 million people has also signalled its intention to leave another international treaty prohibiting the use of anti-personnel land mines.

Some of the smallest anti-personnel explosive devices ever fielded were the U.S. BLU-43 ‘Dragontooth’ mines used in Vietnam. ... delivered by the thousand in cluster bombs.

The first cluster bomb was the Sprengbombe Dickwandig 2kg (SD2), known as the 'butterfly bomb', a particularly nasty type of anti-personnel cluster bomb developed by the German Luftwaffe.