Quote Originally Posted by Dream of the iris
Well wait are they talking about cluster bombs with nukes or is it just for any bomb whatsoever?
A cluster bomb is not a nuke. It is a conventional bomb that is really a container holding hundreds or thousands of little "bomblets." The cluster bomb opens over a target and the bomblets scatter over the target area. I don't know the details, but imagine hundreds of grenade-sized bombs raining down and exploding all over an area the size of a football field all at once. They are very effective anti-personnel and anti-armor weapons for taking out large numbers of spread out forces. Sometimes the cluster bomb has a mixture of different types of munitions, like anti-personnel, armor-piercing, and incendiary all in one package, so it takes out the vehicles, takes out the people, and lights everyting on fire in one shot.

I haven't really followed this issue much, but I guess one problem is the large number of unexploded bomblets that litter a target area. It creates a sort of mine field and a lot of civilians get injured by accidentally detonating unexploded bomblets. Is that what this treaty is about?
dragonrider Reviewed by dragonrider on . Cluster bomb ban treaty is signed More than 100 nations, including the UK, have signed a treaty to ban current designs of cluster bombs. Diplomats have agreed to back an international ban on the manufacture, use or stockpiling of the munitions, following 12 days of talks in Dublin. Some 111 countries including the US, Russia and China have been urged to reconsider boycotting the treaty. UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called the treaty a "big step forward to make the world a safer place". UN Secretary General Rating: 5