U.S.-Made Cluster Bomb Use by Saudis in Yemen

They kill and maim Americans too. But that's ok, isn't it, because they're so effective?

 

They're so profitable. HERE.

 

I posted it a couple of times.

 

Interesting read, thanks for the link PA.

From link:

"......
From 1964 to 1973, the U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance over Laos in 580,000 bombing missions, the equivalent of one planeload every 8 minutes, 24 hours a day, for 9 years. At least 270 million cluster bomblets were dropped as part of the bombing campaign; approximately 80 million failed to detonate.
Data from a survey completed in Laos in 2009 indicate that UXO, including cluster bombs, have killed or maimed as many as 50,000 civilians in Laos since 1964 (and 20,000 since 1973, after the war ended). Over the past two years there have been over one hundred new casualties each year. About 60% of accidents result in death, and 40% of the victims are children. Boys are particularly at risk.
Laos has suffered more than half of the confirmed cluster munitions casualties in the world.
Over the past four decades, less than 1% of the bomblets that failed to detonate have been cleared. All 17 provinces in Laos, and 41 of 46 of the poorest districts in Laos, are burdened with unexploded ordnance (UXO) contamination.....At least one third of Laos is contaminated with UXO based on surveys and U.S. military strike data."

Here's an article about using rats to sniff out land mines. The rats are too light to set off the mines, and they're much more efficient that humans w/ metal detectors. (And they work for peanuts.)

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/7976...-rats-sniffing-out-cambodias-vast-mine-fields

 

Submunitions (cluster bombs) aren't going to disappear from the battlefield, they been around since WW ll and are the weapon of choice for attacking airfields, soft area targets and enemy troops in the open.

Every half ass military has them.

 

Love to be educated..

 

No offence meant mate.