Using cluster bombs did not work in Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam – and it certainly isn’t going to be a game-changer for Ukraine against Russia.

Biden is wrong to send cluster bombs to Ukraine. 50 years later, they're still killing in Laos. With cluster bombs, the killing doesn't stop when the war ends.

The tactic of using cluster bombs did not work in Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam – and it certainly isn’t going to be a game-changer for Ukraine. US dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on Laos.

Using cluster bombs did not work in Laos, Cambodia or Vietnam – and it certainly isn’t going to be a game-changer for Ukraine against Russia.

The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance on Laos, including cluster bombs, in the 1960s and '70s. To this day, many people are killed, crippled and disfigured by them, writes Lewis M. Simons.

Moral, Personal Stances for Laos and Cambodia Over Cluster Bombs July 29, 2023 12:11 PM By Tommy Walker; Activists stand near cluster bombs in Lebanon on Sept. 12, 2011.

They're cheap, effective, and devastating. But they're also unpredictable, long-lasting, and lethal to civilians, especially ...

US cluster bombs continue to plague Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia. Deadly American gifts. By Wang Kexin and Xie Wenting Published: Jul 18, 2023 10:14 PM.

03/11/2024 March 11, 2024. In its battle against communism, the United States dropped more than two million tons of cluster munitions on Laos. The work to clear Laos of cluster bombs has gone on ...

The Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) was created in 2010 to ban all use of cluster bombs, but the U.S., China, and India (among others) have refused to sign or ratify the treaty. Coates and ...

They are, in effect, land mines. As Amnesty International’s Brian Castner concludes, “There’s just not a responsible way to use cluster munitions.” In Laos, where the U.S. dropped cluster bombs ...