After 2018 cluster bombs will be more effective

A while ago I actually congratulated the UK Government on joining the drive to get rid of cluster bombs. I also went on about how the US wasn't interested and how terrible the bombs are. They cover huge areas and many fail to detonate successfully. But maybe the US Government are starting to change their minds. Not much, they don't want to ban them (like most countries), they want to advance them. The new plan is that cluster bombs in the US made after 2018, 99% of the bomblets will be successful in blowing someone up sooner rather than later. The time scale is far too long. It's not 'by 2018' its 'after 2018', that's 10 years. Recently Cluster bombs were used in Iraq and Afghanistan and by the Israelis in Lebanon. It does have a horrific effect. Who else may be invaded in the war on terror before 2018? Cluster bombs could... [read full story]