In the ongoing Iran-Israel war, Iran has launched a ballistic missile armed with a cluster munition warhead, striking central ...

Why are cluster bombs so controversial? Learn how they work, where they've been used, and why the UN and many countries are pushing for a global ban on these deadly weapons.

What makes cluster bombs particularly dangerous is their indiscriminate nature and their long-term threat to civilians.

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 for decades and is far from finished.

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 extensively as part of its war in ...

The United States dropped more than 13 million tons of cluster bombs in Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam during the war. Most of the bombs were dropped along the Ho Chi Minh trail, which snaked through ...

Laos was the victim of intense U.S. bombing campaigns, becoming the most heavily bombed country in the world per capita. The raids included an estimated 250 million cluster munitions, about 30% of ...

I was horrified and disgusted to read that President Biden intends to send cluster munitions to Ukraine. I have seen first-hand the never-ending aftermath of cluster bombs. In 2012 I had the ...

The US has used cluster bombs multiple times in wars. During the Vietnam War, Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia were heavily targeted with cluster bombs. Several decades later, the specter of cluster ...