A convention banning the use of cluster bombs has been joined by more than 120 countries, but the U.S., Russia and Ukraine haven't signed on.
The U.S. is expected to announce Friday that it will provide Ukraine with cluster munitions. Dr. Matthew Schmidt with the University of New Haven joined LiveNOW from FOX's Josh Breslow to discuss the controversial weapons.
In previous conflicts, cluster munitions have had a high dud rate, which meant that thousands of the smaller unexploded bomblets remained behind and killed and maimed people decades later. The U.S. last used its cluster munitions in battle in Iraq in 2003, and decided not to continue using them as the conflict shifted to more urban environments with more dense civilian populations.
Yehor Cherniev, a member of Ukraine’s parliament, told reporters at a German Marshall Fund event in the U.S. this spring that Kyiv would likely need to fire 7,000 to 9,000 of the rounds daily in intensified counteroffensive fighting. Providing that many puts substantial pressure on U.S. and allied stocks.
Tapping into the U.S. stores of cluster munitions could address Ukraine's shell shortage and alleviate pressure on the 155 mm stockpiles in the U.S. and elsewhere, Brobst said.A view shows the internal components of a 300mm rocket which appear to contained cluster bombs launched from a BM-30 Smerch multiple rocket launcher in Ukraine's second-biggest city of Kharkiv on March 3, 2022, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Syrian government troops often used cluster munitions — supplied by Russia — against opposition strongholds during that country’s civil war, frequently hitting civilian targets and infrastructure. And Israel used them in civilian areas in south Lebanon, including during the 1982 invasion.
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