07-10-2023, 12:30 PM
(07-10-2023, 12:22 PM)Luvnit2 Wrote: I thought cluster bombs were not permitted to be used anymore????????????
So, there is a 2009 law that prevents the use or transfer of cluster munitions with a dud rate higher than 1%. That is what prevents their use by the United States since we didn't sign the treaty. There is a provision in the law, though, where the POTUS can sign a waiver to allow for their use/transfer. So, Congress built in the workaround back in 2009.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
