Recent calls for sending cluster munitions to Ukraine are growing louder on Capitol Hill. A letter from leading Republicans to President Joe Biden last month strongly supported Ukraine’s request for more lethal aid , particularly cluster munitions, which consist of a container or dispenser from which many submunitions or bomblets are scattered over wide areas from the air . There are strong reasons for deciding not to transfer cluster munitions to Ukraine, but if the United States does decide to provide these weapons, it should keep a few lethal realities in mind.

First, cluster munitions are inhumane because of their […]

See also  Remarks by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III at a Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act

By Donato