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| '''CBU-72 Fuel Air Explosive'''  

| '''CBU-72 Fuel Air Explosive'''  

| Containing three deferent types of bomblets,  this bomb is used to detonate minefields, demolish bunkers and aircraft. This bomb uses a incendiary to help create an explosion on impact.   

| Containing three deferent types of bomblets,  this bomb is used to detonate minefields, demolish bunkers and aircraft. This bomb uses an incendiary to help create an explosion on impact.   

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|'''CBU-97/B Sensor Fused Weapon'''  

|'''CBU-97/B Sensor Fused Weapon'''  

| Used in NATO’s Kosovo campaign, this weapon can cover an area the size of a football field. Its warhead can contains a Explosive-Formed Projectile that destroys hard and soft targets.  

| Used in NATO’s Kosovo campaign, this weapon can cover an area the size of a football field. Its warhead can contains an Explosive-Formed Projectile that destroys hard and soft targets.  

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==History==

==History==

In May 1974, the [[United States Air Force]] awarded a contract to [[Aeroget]] for the design, development, fabrication, and test of what became know as a Combined Effects Munitions (or cluster bomblet).  The [[United States]] awarded a second contract to Honeywell, Inc, which later spun off into [[Alliant]], in 1984. These two providers were the sole providers of cluster munitions for the [[United States Military]].<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/cbu-87.htm</ref>

In May 1974, the [[United States Air Force]] awarded a contract to [[Aeroget]] for the design, development, fabrication, and test of what became known as a Combined Effects Munitions (or cluster bomblet).  The [[United States]] awarded a second contract to Honeywell, Inc, which later spun off into [[Alliant]], in 1984. These two providers were the sole providers of cluster munitions for the [[United States Military]].<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/cbu-87.htm</ref>

===Gulf War===

===Gulf War===

===Kosovo===

===Kosovo===

In [[NATO]]'s air assault of [[Kosovo]], NATO allies used more then 1,765 cluster bombs.<ref>http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/arms/cluster-bck1031.htm</ref> The U.N. Mine Action Coordination Center reported that these bombs had an estimated seven percent dud rate, which they estimated leaving 20,000 bomblets after the war. [[Human Rights Watch]],a liberal organization, claimed that these bombs led to over, “150 civilian deaths, or 18 to 30 percent of all civilian deaths.”<ref>http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/arms/cluster-bck1031.htm</ref> After the air war allied troops cleared cluster bombs that had failed to go off.<ref>http://www.nato.int/Kosovo/press/1999/k990924a.htm</ref>   

In [[NATO]]'s air assault of [[Kosovo]], NATO allies used more than 1,765 cluster bombs.<ref>http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/arms/cluster-bck1031.htm</ref> The U.N. Mine Action Coordination Center reported that these bombs had an estimated seven percent dud rate, which they estimated leaving 20,000 bomblets after the war. [[Human Rights Watch]],a liberal organization, claimed that these bombs led to over, “150 civilian deaths, or 18 to 30 percent of all civilian deaths.”<ref>http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/arms/cluster-bck1031.htm</ref> After the air war allied troops cleared cluster bombs that had failed to go off.<ref>http://www.nato.int/Kosovo/press/1999/k990924a.htm</ref>   

===Afghanistan===  

===Afghanistan===  

==Banning==

==Banning==

Belgium became the first country to ban cluster bombs in February 2006 <ref>http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/07/24/isrlpa13798.htm</ref> and soon countries began to hold conferences calling for the banning of cluster bombs use.  At a conference in Oslo Norway, Forty-Six countries agreed to stop their use of cluster munitions in 2008. The [[United States]], [[China]] and [[Russia]], were strongly against banning such an effective weapon. These forty six nations that  signed the treaty include: [[Afghanistan]], [[Angola]], [[Argentina]], [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bosnia]] and [[Herzegovina]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]], [[Columbia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]],[[Egypt]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Guatemala]], [[Holy See]], [[Hungary]], [[Iceland]], [[Indonesia]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Jordan]], [[Latvia]], [[Lebanon]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Malta]], [[Mexico]], [[Mozambique]], [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], [[Norway]], [[Peru]], [[Portugal]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[South Africa]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. The Lima Conference on Cluster Munitions was held in [[Peru]] in May 2007. Here twenty more nations agreed to stop their use of cluster bombs, bringing the total to 70 countries to agreement. Despite agreeing to the treaty some countries placed major exceptions to their agreement. One exception was the use of cluster bombs that include self destruct fuses.<ref>http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item_print.php?item_id=2652&issue_id=138</ref> Countries that agreed to ban cluster bombs use at the Peru conference included, [[Albania]], [[Cambodia]], [[Chad]], [[Laos]], [[Greece]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Nigeria]], [[Thailand]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], and  [[Nigeria]].<ref>http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item_print.php?item_id=2652&issue_id=138</ref>  In May 2008, 111 countries met in [[Dublin]] and signed a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, citing "cluster munition remnants kill or maim civilians, including women and children, obstruct economic and social development, including through the loss of livelihood, impede post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction, delay or prevent the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, can negatively impact on national and international peace-building and humanitarian assistance efforts, and have other severe consequences that can persist for many years after use.".<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/30/cluster.treaty/index.html?iref=newssearch Countries agree cluster bomb ban]</ref>

Belgium became the first country to ban cluster bombs in February 2006 <ref>http://hrw.org/english/docs/2006/07/24/isrlpa13798.htm</ref> and soon countries began to hold conferences calling for the banning of cluster bombs use.  At a conference in Oslo Norway, Forty-Six countries agreed to stop their use of cluster munitions in 2008. The [[United States]], [[China]] and [[Russia]], were strongly against banning such an effective weapon. These forty six nations that  signed the treaty include: [[Afghanistan]], [[Angola]], [[Argentina]], [[Austria]], [[Belgium]], [[Bosnia]] and [[Herzegovina]], [[Canada]], [[Chile]], [[Columbia]], [[Costa Rica]], [[Croatia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Denmark]],[[Egypt]], [[Finland]], [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Guatemala]], [[Holy See]], [[Hungary]], [[Iceland]], [[Indonesia]], [[Ireland]], [[Italy]], [[Jordan]], [[Latvia]], [[Lebanon]], [[Liechtenstein]], [[Lithuania]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Malta]], [[Mexico]], [[Mozambique]], [[Netherlands]], [[New Zealand]], [[Norway]], [[Peru]], [[Portugal]], [[Serbia]], [[Slovakia]], [[Slovenia]], [[South Africa]], [[Spain]], [[Sweden]], [[Switzerland]], and the [[United Kingdom]]. The Lima Conference on Cluster Munitions was held in [[Peru]] in May 2007. Here twenty more nations agreed to stop their use of cluster bombs, bringing the total to 70 countries to agreement. Despite agreeing to the treaty some countries placed major exceptions to their agreement. One exception was the use of cluster bombs that include self-destruct fuses.<ref>http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item_print.php?item_id=2652&issue_id=138</ref> Countries that agreed to ban cluster bombs use at the Peru conference included, [[Albania]], [[Cambodia]], [[Chad]], [[Laos]], [[Greece]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Nigeria]], [[Thailand]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Yemen]], and  [[Nigeria]].<ref>http://www.fcnl.org/issues/item_print.php?item_id=2652&issue_id=138</ref>  In May 2008, 111 countries met in [[Dublin]] and signed a treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, citing "cluster munition remnants kill or maim civilians, including women and children, obstruct economic and social development, including through the loss of livelihood, impede post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction, delay or prevent the return of refugees and internally displaced persons, can negatively impact on national and international peace-building and humanitarian assistance efforts, and have other severe consequences that can persist for many years after use.".<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/30/cluster.treaty/index.html?iref=newssearch Countries agree cluster bomb ban]</ref>

==See also==

==See also==