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According to Cluster Munition Monitor 2022,
the list of 16 countries that refuse to sign the
convention and produce cluster munitions included
Brazil,
China,
Egypt,
Greece,
Iran,
Israel,
India,
North Korea,
Pakistan,
Poland,
Romania,
Russia, (Update: Russia is Using them Again)
Singapore,
South Korea,
the United States and
Turkey.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_munition


USA plans to send controversial cluster munitions
to Ukraine- reports


[The US is planning to send Ukraine a cluster
munitions package to help in its counter
offensive against Russia, US media reports.
Ukraine has been asking for the weapons
for months amid an ammunition shortage.

Cluster munitions - which are banned
by more than 100 countries - are a
class of weapons that contain
multiple explosive bomblets
called submunitions.

The Biden administration is expected
to announce the package on Friday,
the BBC's US partner CBS News reports.

US officials had reportedly been hesitant
to supply Ukraine with cluster munitions
as they can kill indiscriminately over a
wide area, threatening civilians.
The US has a stockpile of these cluster bombs,
which were first developed during World War II.

The munitions are controversial because
of their high failure rates, meaning unexploded
bomblets can linger on the ground for years
and possibly detonate later on.

US law prohibits the transfer of cluster
munitions with bomblet failure rates higher
than 1% - meaning more than 1% of the
bomblets in the weapon do
not explode - but President Joe Biden
is able to bypass this rule. ]



This Now gives Russia the right
to carry on with their Cluster Bombs



https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66134663


Ch4HDnews showed how the Cluster bombs
hang around for Years