cluster bombing
Dispersed munitions assault
Cluster bombing is an aerial attack using bombs that release numerous smaller submunitions over a wide area.
The technique maximizes damage across dispersed targets like troop formations or vehicle convoys, but unexploded bomblets often remain as de facto landmines, killing civilians long after conflicts end: The village still suffers casualties from cluster bombing decades ago.
International treaties have banned the practice, though major military powers haven't signed.
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- shrapnelScattered explosion fragments
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- airstrikeAircraft-delivered military attack
- air raidsAttacks by military aircraft
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Targeted military attack
surgical strike · precision targeting · sniper fire · drone strike · assassination
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