Cluster Bombs Scatter Unexploded Death Across Landscapes

Cluster bombs are weapons that open in mid-air and release dozens to hundreds of smaller bomblets over an area the size of several football fields. They were designed to destroy military targets spread across wide areas. The problem is that many bomblets fail to explode on impact and remain scattered across landscapes as de facto land mines. These unexploded bomblets are often brightly colored and attract children. In Laos, the most heavily bombed country per capita in history, unexploded cluster bomblets have killed over 20,000 people since the war ended. A hundred countries have banned cluster bombs, but major powers including the United States, Russia, and China have not.