Canada still possesses hundreds of cluster bombs it purchased during the Cold War. DND recently began the expensive and dangerous process of dismantling the munitions.
Cluster bombs: an expensive mess
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Global cluster bomb ban takes effect August 1st
A global treaty that bans the use of cluster bombs, a weapon containing multiple – often hundreds – of small explosive submunitions or bomblets, will take effect today, August 1st, when the treaty, signed by 107 countries, becomes legally binding. Steve Goose, who is the co-chair of the Cluster Munition Coalition, comments that, “Nations that […]