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Many Countries Banned Cluster Munitions. The U.S. Is Sending Them to Ukraine Anyway.

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The History of Cluster Bombs

Cluster bombs have been used in small conflicts around the world with increasing frequency. The movement gathered force after Vietnam, but it really accelerated after the collapse of the Soviet Union. By 2008, there was a UN-organized convention on cluster munitions that countries began to sign. Among those that held out were the United States, Russia, and China.

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