A German Tornado aircraft releasing a cluster bomb—an indiscriminate weapon now banned worldwide due to its severe humanitarian consequences. First developed in the 1940s, cluster munitions were widely used during World War II and the Cold War. They are designed to burst midair, dispersing dozens or even hundreds of smaller submunitions across a broad area to cripple troops, vehicles, and runways in a single attack. Their greatest danger lies in the large number of unexploded “bomblets,” which c