Cluster bomb
A cluster bomb, or cluster munition, is an explosive device. It explodes in the air or on the ground, and releases many smaller bombs. It is an anti-personnel weapon because it kills or maims people, not armoured vehicles. They were used a lot during the Vietnam War and have been used in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
They are considered illegal by over 100 countries. These countries have signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions adopted in May 2008.
Cluster Bomb Media
Half of a surface-to-air missile site in North Vietnam blanketed in exploding bomblets dispersed by a U.S. cluster munition, Vietnam War
A cluster bomb is dropped at the Nightmare Range in South Korea
SD2 Butterfly Bomb circa 1940. Wings rotate as bomb falls, unscrewing the arming spindle connected to the fuze.
A US Vietnam era BLU-3 cluster bomblet
During the Winter War of 1939–1940, the Soviet Union dropped RRAB-3, nicknamed Molotov bread baskets, which scattered incendiary bomblets, on Finland.
A US Navy F/A-18C Hornet launches from USS Nimitz to a mission in Southern Iraq. Among other weapons, the plane carries CBU-100 "Rockeye" cluster bombs.
Iskander-M ballistic missile with cluster warhead wreckage that was shot down over Kramatorsk by the Ukrainian air defenses.
On 28 February 2022, White House press secretary Jen Psaki called Russia's use of cluster munitions a potential "war crime".
Monument to victims of the Niš cluster bombing
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