Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress

Feickert, Andrew ; Kerr, Paul K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Weapons systems;    Ammunition;    Defense policy;    Aerial bombing;    Bombs;   

RP-ID  :  RS22907
RP-ID  :  RS22907_2010Feb23

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the background of cluster munitions in the U.S. military, and the current Department of Defense (DOD) and Obama Administration stances on the topic. It also discusses the two major international initiatives to address cluster munitions: the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and negotiations under the U.N. Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW).