Not all bomblets explode. Later found by civilians ( children ) who pick them up , play with them and then suffer horrible injuries or death. I believe the fail rate is about 10 percent or more.
Laos is still having people killed by cluster bombs we (USA) dropped 50 years ago during the Vietnam war. Farmers blow up working their land, kids find them and think they are balls until they explode - Cluster bombs are crap.
right? looks like a training mission over an empty field.
BTW why is everyone so upset about cluster bombs?
Not all bomblets explode. Later found by civilians ( children ) who pick them up , play with them and then suffer horrible injuries or death. I believe the fail rate is about 10 percent or more.
ok thanks that makes sense. IIRC most of them are set to self detonate after 72 hours but I don't think it's a mandatory thing.
If you look closely at the beginning of that clip you can see soldiers low crawling in the grass. But the bomb misses the ones you can see
Laos is still having people killed by cluster bombs we (USA) dropped 50 years ago during the Vietnam war. Farmers blow up working their land, kids find them and think they are balls until they explode - Cluster bombs are crap.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Economy/Laos-struggles-with-unexploded-bombs-50-years-after-Paris-Accords