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Pentagon Creates New Cluster Munitions Standards

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Monday, July 14th, 2008

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By Marina Malenic The Department Defense last week released a cluster munitions policy requiring that more than 99 percent of the submunitions that make up a cluster bomb detonate on impact, thereby reducing the quantity of potentially dangerous unexploded ordnance left behind on a battlefield. Limiting the amount of live ordnance left behind on a battlefield would diminish the danger to both civilians and friendly troops maneuvering in a bomb-saturated area following bombardment. The new rule, outlined in a memo…

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