cluster bomb

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cluster bomb (plural cluster bombs)

  1. An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area.
    Synonym: cluster munition
    • 2022 April 21, Lorenzo Tondo, “Russia using cluster bombs to kill Ukrainian civilians, analysis suggests”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      Bellingcat […] has reviewed some of the pictures collected by the Guardian, confirmed the presence of tail fins of RBK-500 cluster bombs with PTAB-1M submunitions and cluster rocket, launched by BM-30 Smerch.

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