Ukraine has accused Russia of firing ‘cluster munitions’ at its energy facilities in what it called a despicable escalation. But what are they? Why are they so controversial? Why have over 100 ...
Cluster munitions are munitions consisting of a projectile known as a parent munition that transports several hundred bomblets designed to be dispersed over a wide area the size of several ...
Meanwhile, Newsweek has compared how different countries' nuclear weapons compare ... of the U.S.'s Castle Bravo (the largest U.S. bomb ever tested, yielding 15,000 kilotons) launched on New ...
It listed items they used including: “Zaa’tar, small nylon bags, washing up liquid, meat from fridge and panadol.” In 2006, failure rates for Israeli munitions, including cluster bombs, were as high ...