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Sending cluster bombs to Ukraine.

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Ukraine's New Weapons Package Includes Cluster Bombs

US officials confirmed this weekend that they plan to provide Ukrainian troops with cluster munitions. The controversial explosive weapon has been banned by 123 nations and criticized by human rights groups for its tendency to indiscriminately kill civilians even long after hostilities have ended. Cluster bombs are considered exceptionally dangerous for two main reasons: One, they are not precision weapons but are designed to spread across a large area. Two, the bomblets can fail to explode and then detonate months or years later, killing unintended targets.

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