cluster bomb
Dispersing explosive weapon
A cluster bomb is a weapon that opens in mid-air to release numerous smaller submunitions—bomblets or grenades—over a wide area.
Designed to destroy dispersed targets like troops or vehicles, cluster bombs are controversial because many submunitions fail to detonate on impact, leaving unexploded ordnance that kills and maims civilians for decades afterward.
Over a hundred countries have banned them.
Official restriction on something
- civilian casualtiesNoncombatants killed in conflict
- war crimeIllegal act in combat
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
- unexploded ordnanceMilitary ammunition that failed to detonate
indiscriminate · collateral damage · prohibition · treaty · disarmament · international law · human rights · moratorium
Scattered explosion fragments
- submunitionsDeployed from carrier weapon
- bombletsSmall munitions from clusters
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
- scatterDistribute in random directions
burst · blast radius · detonation · pellets · casing · splinters · spread · metallic
Military weapon or projectile
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
- airdropParachute delivery from aircraft
- carpet bombingWidespread aerial bombardment
- dispenserDevice that releases portions
payload · sortie · tactical strike · theater · deployment · artillery · barrage · precision-guided
ban
Official restriction on something
- civilian casualtiesNoncombatants killed in conflict
- war crimeIllegal act in combat
- inhumaneCallously causing suffering
unexploded ordnance · indiscriminate · collateral damage · prohibition · treaty · disarmament · international law · human rights · moratorium · activism
shrapnel
Scattered explosion fragments
- submunitionsDeployed from carrier weapon
- bombletsSmall munitions from clusters
- dispersalSpreading in many directions
scatter · burst · blast radius · detonation · pellets · casing · splinters · spread · metallic · debris
munition
Military weapon or projectile
- ordnanceMilitary weapons collectively
- airdropParachute delivery from aircraft
- carpet bombingWidespread aerial bombardment
dispenser · payload · sortie · tactical strike · theater · deployment · artillery · barrage · precision-guided · incendiary
- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- Air Combatair strike, airstrikes, fighter pilot, bombing run, combat aircraft
- ordnancegrenade, landmine, mine, mortar round, artillery shell
- bombingscar bombing, suicide bombing, mail bombing, IED, train bombing
- guided weaponscruise missile, Maverick, AGM, Brimstone, anti-tank missile
- air raidsair raid, air strike, bombing, raid, bombs
cluster bombsmart bomb
Self-guided explosive weapon
surgical strike · laser-guided bomb · precision strike · sniper rifle · cruise missile
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