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===Gulf War===
===Gulf War===
[[Image:Airplanedroppingclusterbombs.jpg |thumb|250px|A United States [[B-1 Bomber]] drops its load of cluster bombs.]]
The first major use of cluster bombs by the United States was the first war with [[Iraq]], [[Operation Desert Storm]]. In this operation the United States dropped 1,100 cluster bombs munitions. <ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/cbu-87.htm</ref>Most of these were CBU-87S, a bomb which is designed to destroy light armor vehicles and enemy soldiers. The bombs had an approximately five percent dud rate<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/cbu-87.htm</ref>
The first major use of cluster bombs by the United States was the first war with [[Iraq]], [[Operation Desert Storm]]. In this operation the United States dropped 1,100 cluster bombs munitions. <ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/cbu-87.htm</ref>Most of these were CBU-87S, a bomb which is designed to destroy light armor vehicles and enemy soldiers. The bombs had an approximately five percent dud rate<ref>http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/munitions/cbu-87.htm</ref>
</ref>. Leaving 1.2 million cluster bomblets left, critics estimated that they killed nearly one thousand six hundred Kuwaiti and Iraqi civilians. <ref>http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/arms/cluster-bck1031.htm</ref>
</ref>. Leaving 1.2 million cluster bomblets left, critics estimated that they killed nearly one thousand six hundred Kuwaiti and Iraqi civilians. <ref>http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/arms/cluster-bck1031.htm</ref>