How effective a weapon is, if it actually does not protect citizens years after the war?
The cluster bombs are banned by more than 100 countries. People are opposing its use and manufacturing.
As the US announced its intentions of sending cluster bombs to Ukraine, nations raised their voices against the move.
Cluster bombs are munitions so horrific for civilians that more than a hundred nations have signed an international treaty banning them. Now the Biden administration is preparing to send them to Ukraine.https://t.co/Ck2gSm0SOj
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) July 7, 2023
The company making the #clusterbombs spent $4.8 million on lobbying over the last 18 months and donated $483,954 to both Republicans and Democrats last year.
— Melanie D'Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) July 8, 2023
This is important context for such an unpopular decision. https://t.co/VTQGr57NFx
Canada condemns use of cluster munitions following U.S. decision to send weapon to Ukraine https://t.co/LAcbjW5dUT pic.twitter.com/11m78LQNje
— CTV News (@CTVNews) July 7, 2023
About 14% of the individual bomblets inside each cluster bomb fail to explode. This is well known. The bombs explode 100% of the time, and 86% of the bomblets do as well. pic.twitter.com/xOSnRUC5r3
— Jack ██████ 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺 (@JackFought_1) July 9, 2023