Cluster Munitions: Background and Issues for Congress

Feickert, Andrew ; Kerr, Paul K.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Military weapons;    Defense policy;    Ordnance;    Arms control;   

RP-ID  :  RS22907
RP-ID  :  RS22907_2017Dec13

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses cluster munitions and their use and dangers. U.S. policy regarding them is discussed including the November 2017 rule issued by the DOD which relaxed standards for cluster munitions to allow the use of munitions that did not gave a 1% or less unexploded submunitions rate in extreme war situations reversing a 2008 rule.