![]() ![]() ![]() Allies across the globe have provided hundreds of thousands more.Ī 155 mm round can strike targets 15 to 20 miles (24 to 32 kilometers) away, making them a munition of choice for Ukrainian ground troops trying to hit enemy targets from a distance. has dipped into its own stocks of traditional 155 howitzer munitions and sent more than 2 million rounds to Ukraine. Pat Ryder said the Defense Department has "multiple variants" of the munitions and "the ones that we are considering providing would not include older variants with (unexploding) rates that are higher than 2.35%." Why provide cluster munitions now?įor more than a year the U.S. last used its cluster munitions in battle in Iraq in 2003, and decided not to continue using them as the conflict shifted to more urban environments with more dense civilian populations. In previous conflicts, cluster munitions have had a high dud rate, which meant that thousands of the smaller unexploded bomblets remained behind and killed and maimed people decades later. ![]() destroys last of its declared chemical weapons, closing a deadly chapter dating to World War I is planning to send is based on a common 155 mm shell that is already widely in use across the battlefield. and allies have already provided to Ukraine for the war - such as howitzers - and the type of cluster munition that the U.S. The munitions are launched by the same artillery weapons that the U.S. The bomblets are designed to take out tanks and equipment, as well as troops, hitting multiple targets at the same time. ![]() A cluster munition is a bomb that opens in the air and releases smaller "bomblets" across a wide area. ![]()
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