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==Effectiveness==

==Effectiveness==

Military strategist state that cluster bombs are  a "necessity" for military operations.<ref> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m6007/is_2001_Spring/ai_92044664/pg_11</ref> Forces value cluster bombs because a single volley can impede advancing troops, destroy airfields, and surface-to-air missile sites.<ref> http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?itemid=5076</ref> According to [[United Kingdom]] Secretary of State for Defense, Mr Geoffrey Hoon," [Cluster Bombs], these are extremely effective weapons. They are the most effective weapons against armored and certain kinds of soft skinned vehicles…"<ref> http://www.isisuk.demon.co.uk/0811/isis/uk/regpapers/no79_paper.html</ref> United States officials have stated that there is no available alternative that offers the same effectiveness as cluster bombs.<ref> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-12-10-cluster-bomb-cover_x.htm</ref>

Military strategist state that cluster bombs are  a "necessity" for military operations.<ref> http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m6007/is_2001_Spring/ai_92044664/pg_11</ref> Forces value cluster bombs because a single volley can impede advancing troops, destroy airfields, and [[surface-to-air missile]] sites.<ref> http://www.envirosagainstwar.org/know/read.php?itemid=5076</ref> According to [[United Kingdom]] Secretary of State for Defense, Mr Geoffrey Hoon," [Cluster Bombs], these are extremely effective weapons. They are the most effective weapons against armored and certain kinds of soft skinned vehicles…"<ref> http://www.isisuk.demon.co.uk/0811/isis/uk/regpapers/no79_paper.html</ref> United States officials have stated that there is no available alternative that offers the same effectiveness as cluster bombs.<ref> http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-12-10-cluster-bomb-cover_x.htm</ref>

==Banning==

==Banning==