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[Politico] U.S. to include controversial cluster munitions in new Ukraine weapons package (www.politico.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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[–] EpicFailGuy@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@Brunbrun6766 @EvilCartyen

Source? I was under the impression that our cluster munitions came with a timed fuse where they would self destruct if they didn't find a target after a certain amount of time.

[–] Uniquitous@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

I think if you check the wikipedia page or just google for CBU-97 you'll find a wealth of info. More than I can summarize here, but it's far from being a dumb bomb on a timer.