Posted by Matt in June 5th, 2008 |
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Indeed, some cluster bombs now include guidance systems to ensure they arrive closer to their targets, and fuses that make bomblets self-destruct if they have not exploded after hitting the ground. This is in line with one “fix” permitted by the Dublin treaty, which is that bomblets should either “detect and engage a single target” [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 29th, 2008 |
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Delegates from 111 nations agreed Wednesday a landmark treaty to ban cluster bombs, Ireland’s foreign ministry said, in a deal that lacks the backing of major producers and stockpilers of the lethal weapons. After 10 days of painstaking negotiations at Croke Park stadium in Dublin, diplomats agreed the wording of a wide-ranging pact to outlaw [...]
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